MicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-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-squareSemi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down6·edit-25 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.
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.