MicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-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-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down3·4 months agoIf you want people to live in your boring rural towns, you have to compensate them better.
minus-squaremommykink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoWhere else can I get boozed up and skrrt 65mph down the state highway in my uninsured, uncatted shitbox and throw beer cans at the cyclists (poor people) on the shoulder?
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·4 months ago…and really good high speed Internet!
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoReally good, reliable, high speed internet.
If you want people to live in your boring rural towns, you have to compensate them better.
Where else can I get boozed up and skrrt 65mph down the state highway in my uninsured, uncatted shitbox and throw beer cans at the cyclists (poor people) on the shoulder?
Where else indeed?
…and really good high speed Internet!
Really good, reliable, high speed internet.