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Phoenix61

(18,771 posts)
4. You nailed it with the best move away at a
Sat Nov 7, 2020, 06:03 AM
Nov 2020

young age. If they can’t 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 aren’t there. I was living near Mobile, AL when they lost out on a ship building company because there weren’t enough high school graduates. Those were good jobs with benefits that went somewhere else because of a crappy school system. I’m 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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They value sameness and conformity. They fear difference & diversity. Funtatlaguy Nov 2020 #1
But why? we can do it Nov 2020 #23
complete lack of common ground Amishman Nov 2020 #30
They do not bdamomma Nov 2020 #47
Not just rural DownriverDem Nov 2020 #49
Many of them will never leave their hometown... EarthFirst Nov 2020 #2
I can say BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #3
You nailed it with the best move away at a Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #4
The best mostly went to college and now live in the suburbs Klaralven Nov 2020 #34
You have just described my home place. flamin lib Nov 2020 #7
The 2 Senators per state thing was a compromise. octoberlib Nov 2020 #16
states were similar RicROC Nov 2020 #57
I'm not so sure that changing the wnylib Nov 2020 #58
Good points. The five states of WY, ID, MT, ND and SD TheRickles Nov 2020 #46
There is a certain amount of "brain drain" going on spinbaby Nov 2020 #8
Good point about basic TV service with Fox being the only Cable channel. Bluepinky Nov 2020 #19
The TV thing BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #25
I agree with you about church and religion. Bluepinky Nov 2020 #32
I understand BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #33
Religion provides a chance to socialize treestar Nov 2020 #31
In rural Georgia greymattermom Nov 2020 #44
You're right spinbaby Nov 2020 #91
Yes BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #9
Iowa is an example Windy City Charlie Nov 2020 #10
Chicagoan my entire life. Here's a little factoid... Progressive Jones Nov 2020 #82
do they really care about schools besides sports? pstokely Nov 2020 #13
Not sure it's that Windy City Charlie Nov 2020 #15
One difference in our small town is the lack of local businesses. overleft Nov 2020 #18
This is how it is where I reside. overleft Nov 2020 #17
yeah-- that's a huge part of it LymphocyteLover Nov 2020 #42
You answered you own question. NotAPuppet Nov 2020 #5
They all go to rightwing churches on Sunday. nt leftyladyfrommo Nov 2020 #6
am radio. mopinko Nov 2020 #11
Yes, the noise they're surrounded by is the noise they'll make themselves. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #40
i worked an election in far north wis in '12. mopinko Nov 2020 #66
Our fellow amurkins are listening to some pretty treasonous and inhuman crap BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #69
i dont know either. mopinko Nov 2020 #70
Yeah, am rules the rural areas. We are the most heavily propagandized country BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #71
bring back the fairness doctrine. mopinko Nov 2020 #72
That would be GREAT!! BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #73
they are OUR airwaves. mopinko Nov 2020 #74
Typical conservatives, stealing and weaponizing public property. BlancheSplanchnik Nov 2020 #76
The low population-density changes societal dynamics: DetlefK Nov 2020 #12
This flying rabbit Nov 2020 #87
Tell your friends The Jungle 1 Nov 2020 #14
Ya know I had a conversation with two older brothers at one of the last flamin lib Nov 2020 #81
Fear of diversity. apcalc Nov 2020 #20
I spent ages 11 or 12 until graduation from high school in the middle of Ohio. Vinca Nov 2020 #21
College education nt Wicked Blue Nov 2020 #22
I lived in a small rural town in Australia until I was eleven uriel1972 Nov 2020 #24
Farm subsidies. Goodheart Nov 2020 #26
"I've lived it and I can't figure it out" handmade34 Nov 2020 #27
I grew up in rural southern Illinois on a small farm. honest.abe Nov 2020 #28
So many reasons RazzleCat Nov 2020 #29
Honest answer GusBob Nov 2020 #35
And the people there think they bought all those nice things themselves. hunter Nov 2020 #94
Isolation and lack of education. smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #36
I'm not entirely sure Zing Zing Zingbah Nov 2020 #37
You are cloistered in your own little community DeminPennswoods Nov 2020 #38
It's self-reinforcing mix bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #39
I think previous posters have hit most of the points hatrack Nov 2020 #41
Was that University town Commerce, TX? Sure sounds like where I got my MS. nt flamin lib Nov 2020 #77
No, Missouri rather than Texas hatrack Nov 2020 #83
Billboard at Commerce city limits read: flamin lib Nov 2020 #84
Oy . . . hatrack Nov 2020 #85
many great answers in this thread. my first thought are... NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 #43
A well thought out and lucidly presented post. Thank you for that. ClusterFreak Nov 2020 #45
There might be an element of self-selection in this Silent3 Nov 2020 #48
Exactly! treestar Nov 2020 #56
I grew up in small-town America but chose to leave. Lonestarblue Nov 2020 #50
This thread reminded me of that great bumper sticker: Brother Mythos Nov 2020 #51
Pretty simple really... fear of being left out Peacetrain Nov 2020 #52
Here's the funny thing BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #62
Your story is my story. llmart Nov 2020 #53
Repeal of the Fairness Doctrine by Republicans in 1987. AM hate radio and FOX became FailureToCommunicate Nov 2020 #54
Education and Churches dempls Nov 2020 #55
Extreme RW propagandization, and a lifetime of intense peer pressure Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #59
Rural provincialism is universal, it's not an exclusively American phenomenon. sop Nov 2020 #60
You are the only one with advanced education. Lasher Nov 2020 #61
I moved from NY to deep red south central PA TheDemsshouldhireme Nov 2020 #63
Ask Your Question To Repug Strategists.... global1 Nov 2020 #64
What a wonderful thread bdamomma Nov 2020 #65
Yes BeerBarrelPolka Nov 2020 #67
An interaction of genes and environment drmeow Nov 2020 #68
What about Vermont? Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #75
Yes, I've noticed that. Turin_C3PO Nov 2020 #90
Read The Authoritarians by Altemeyer TrogL Nov 2020 #78
A lot of good answers above, but I'm going to put RW radio, TV, and other media at the top... JHB Nov 2020 #79
Full of "declassed" people. David__77 Nov 2020 #80
churches and poverty DonCoquixote Nov 2020 #86
Homogeneity. moondust Nov 2020 #88
Don't overthink this. Codeine Nov 2020 #89
Some people are more psychologically open to new ideas and some are not. alarimer Nov 2020 #92
Horrible schools plus personality disordered preachers womanofthehills Nov 2020 #93
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