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[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sorry homie the cities have the jobs. People need to be able to afford to live near where they work for our economy to function well. They need to be able to buy stuff to support other jobs nearby. It's a virtuous cycle when it works, but housing costs sap that money away.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So how do people live outside of cities?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Poorly? With already earned money?

Small towns are even worse to start out in because the job situation is terrible compared to cities. People in history have never had to "commute" longer than 30 minutes, unless they were traders literally moving goods from one place to another.

Small towns are dying unless more companies move to WFH.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Really? Everyone outside a major city is living poorly or with already earned money?

Seems like you need more life experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It depends on what you consider a city, but yes rural areas and small towns are shrinking in population. Only those who already have money can afford to live there because they don't need to earn money in the local economy.

It sounds like you need more life experience. The hollowing out of rural economies has been happening since the 1980s.

Metropolitan areas consist of those counties with central cities of at least 50,000, along with the surrounding counties that are economically dependent on them. They make up 36% of all counties. Between 2008, the cusp of the Great Recession, and 2017, they enjoyed nearly 99% of all job and population growth.

Nationally, 71% of all metropolitan counties grew between 2008 and 2017, but more than half of the remaining micropolitan and rural counties did not grow or shrank in population.

https://theconversation.com/most-of-americas-rural-areas-are-doomed-to-decline-115343

[–] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago

Only those who already have money can afford to live there because they don’t need to earn money in the local economy.

That's crazy. The only people who can afford to live in poor areas are those who already have money?

How are these areas poor if they're only inhabited by people with excess wealth?

Do you see how illogical your arguments are? This is why you don't have a point. Just stop and think for a minute. Stop trying to look good in front of other children and ask yourself, "does this make sense?"