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In reply to the discussion: What is it about living in rural America that makes people different from people [View all]Phoenix61
(18,771 posts)4. You nailed it with the best move away at a
young age. If they cant go to college they join the military. Anyone with any initiative leaves. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy with those left behind seeing no real need for good schools. This prevents industry from moving in because the trainable workers arent there. I was living near Mobile, AL when they lost out on a ship building company because there werent enough high school graduates. Those were good jobs with benefits that went somewhere else because of a crappy school system. Im curious how the work from home trend started by covid plays out. If you only have to go to work one day a week, how long of a commute is doable for significantly cheaper housing.
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What is it about living in rural America that makes people different from people [View all]
flamin lib
Nov 2020
OP
Yes, the noise they're surrounded by is the noise they'll make themselves.
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2020
#40
Our fellow amurkins are listening to some pretty treasonous and inhuman crap
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2020
#69
Yeah, am rules the rural areas. We are the most heavily propagandized country
BlancheSplanchnik
Nov 2020
#71
Was that University town Commerce, TX? Sure sounds like where I got my MS. nt
flamin lib
Nov 2020
#77
Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine by Republicans in 1987. AM hate radio and FOX became
FailureToCommunicate
Nov 2020
#54
