if rural areas are so great then why are they aging and shrinking? i spent the first 26 years of my life in a rural town. i left because i didn't want to work in a factory, warehouse, or slaughterhouse for the rest of my life.
It's for rich people who never work. Gas prices are even higher than California.
>>534102409Oh and before I get shit for this, I mean West Coast, there is literally entire small toens that NIMBYS have taken over and all the businesses are gone but families are running everything under the table to avoid taxes and price gouge vistors. One port town I saw in Oregon even shutdown all the tourist locations.
>>534102409i grew up in northeastern pennsylvania. the only people doing well are small business owners and people who got lucky with marcellus shale mineral rights.
>>534102530It's weird on the West Coast, Port Orford is like the town is one giant drug front.
>>534102153>rural>townFuck off you retarded vaccinated fucking faggot dickhead urbaniteModern towns are culturally no different to cities/suburbs. The entirety of the west are just consumersI lived in a small town pop 1200 and every second person was straight up some retarded netflix watching faggot with Ragnar and Norse tattoos from a decade of watching fucking American horse shit McViking crap and eating McDonalds with cokeand every other second person was playing some star wars gatcha game collecting galactic credits or zeta ships or fucking something and you go over to their house and their garage is a man shes full of star wars darth vader breather helmets, literally in the middle of bumb fuck nowhereReal ruralness is not where fucking white people are. Thats the fucking real truth
>>534102581You clearly have not been to a Costco.
build your own rural! https://youtu.be/RRZO4LS9uNs
>>534102153Young people, generally, want novelty. They want to see what's "just around the bend". They want hustle and bustle, and new, exotic experiences. It's only when you get bit older that you realize that the novelty is overrated. There are, of course, though, some people who just naturally don't like the rural cities, as a fundamental propensity, and, these will, continue to not appreciate the rural setting.Also, there's more job opportunities in more populated areas, and, they value income higher than they value safety, quality of life, serenity of setting, ect.
>>534102409im pretty poor but i live better than citycucks making several times my income in my bumfuck rural paradise
>>534102530I grew up in Erie, PA and the story is the same. In 2026 the town is poor as shit and quality of life is quite low. In America at least, post-industrial poverty only breeds anger and resentment.
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>>534102672>Also, there's more job opportunities in more populated areas, and, they value income higher than they value safety, quality of life, serenity of setting, ect.i live in the exurbs of philadelphia. the town i live in is middle class 85% white. there are considerably more job opportunities here.
>>534102699Well if people are such skilled workers, why don't they just unifiy and start their own business instead of robbing eachother like animals?
>>534102153They're not. Stay far away from them and let them die.
>>534102779because there's no economic activity to support a business. i go back home to visit my parents several times a year. main street is a revolving door of failed businesses targeting consumers. business to business services also don't do very well.the only businesses that seem to thrive are heavy equipment rental/repair, car dealerships, fast food franchise slop, dollar stores, walmart, and the regional grocery store chain.
>>534102581my town got like that after the pandemic but before being rural was trashy and no one was proud of it
>>534102779Plainly speaking: the national real estate holding companies demand more for storefront rent than aspiring small businessmen can afford to pay per month. This is true even in rural America.And you can't demolish the empty storefront because the lot is still owned by some nameless national company who is going to fight against your attempts at self-starting.And specifically in Erie (and most places in America) it's literally illegal to start and run a business from your home address, so you need a second space.
>>534104063my hometown has a 'commerce square' that is owned by some iranian business faggot from out of state. it's absolutely dilapidated with pot holes and rotting buildings. there are two anchor stores, the regional grocery store (still doing okay) and the rotting husk of a k-mart that shut down a decade ago. there are revolving doors of smaller businesses that routinely fail. the only constants are a chinese buffet and an auto zone.everyone bitches about the state of the parking lot but the cowardly and corrupt local government won't do anything about it, other than handing out small fines occasionally. who knows if the owner actually pays them.
>>534102153>i left because i didn't want to work in a factory, warehouse, or slaughterhouse for the rest of my life.so do literally anything else, you have internet now you can start an online business
>>534104324starting an online business is a fantasy for 99% of the population. i say this as someone who works remotely.
>>534104235Those Chinese buffets weirdly end up being pretty good too. Unlimited fried chicken and other chinkslop for like 10 bucks.
>>534104369>starting an online business is a fantasy for 99% of the population.yeah because theyre stupid, lazy, and refuse to even try. i have my own business that brings in 2 grand a month and i'm planning on expanding it so i can make even more. might even hire someone to do some of the work for me.
>>534102153because those are delusional retards who think they're going to own a farm and find a tradwife at church even though they have no experience or money
>>534104614what's your online business?
>>534104712i breed insects and sell them online
>>534105070well that certainly is unique (and disgusting.)
>>534105278it is, but it's also free money once you get started.
>>534102153Because we live in a now collapsing financialized society that redistributes wealth away from the creators of real goods to the people adjacent to the money printer.20 years from now the richest people in the country will ALL be farmers. And you'll be paying a full day's wages for a loaf of their bread.
>>534102153Young women move to the city so that’s where the young men go.
