I agree with the author on pretty much all points. In the cities a degree has a lot of value. Some people actually believe that earning a degree means an automatic pay raise or is worth more somehow to an employer without actually proving their worth in any other way. Some people are just good at going to school and getting good grades but suck big time when they actually have to produce anything in the real world.
In the rural areas a degree means much less than practical experience and a desire to learn and work hard.
Two very different sets of values and priorities to say the least.
After being rid of city life for almost 17 years now; there’s nothing that could entice me to live in one again knowing that big knot in my gut would return. It took years to untie that knot; no way would I want to tie it again. Money loses much of its value once that priority is made.
Pretty much all of a city-dwellers knowledge base is totally wiped out by flipping a switch and turning off the lights.
They know nothing useful without electricity. What can they do when the power is out? NOTHING but whine, and once their cell phone battery is out of juice they can’t even do that!