@MicroWave to EconomicsEnglish • 2 months agoRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.commessage-square56arrow-up179arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.com@MicroWave to EconomicsEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square56file-text
With younger labor in short supply, aging workers often find themselves pulling double—or triple—duty to keep towns afloat Non-paywall link
minus-square@Jakdraculalink3•2 months agoWe have nature in the cities. Or I could drive 45 minutes and be in nature, I don’t need to live in some rundown crack village with a bunch of alcoholics and backwards KKK people to experience nature.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkEnglish0•2 months agoYour narrow world-view and limited life experience doesn’t hurt me, but it can hurt you if you don’t branch out a little.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-LemmygodlinkEnglish-2•edit-22 months ago We have nature in the cities. With all due respect to the pigeons, rats, and carefully manicured parks: No, you don’t. If you did people wouldn’t call 911 during a blackout because they finally see the stars. I don’t need to live in some rundown crack village with a bunch of alcoholics and backwards KKK people to experience nature. There’s your problem, you’re living in the town instead of way outside it.
We have nature in the cities. Or I could drive 45 minutes and be in nature, I don’t need to live in some rundown crack village with a bunch of alcoholics and backwards KKK people to experience nature.
Such ignorance and bitterness.
Truth hurts, doesn’t it?
Your narrow world-view and limited life experience doesn’t hurt me, but it can hurt you if you don’t branch out a little.
With all due respect to the pigeons, rats, and carefully manicured parks: No, you don’t.
If you did people wouldn’t call 911 during a blackout because they finally see the stars.
There’s your problem, you’re living in the town instead of way outside it.