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-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28arrow-down4·4 months agoDuh: Rural towns usually have terrible Internet. Who would want to live with that every day‽ That, and they’re also full of MAGA-type Republicans that hate anyone and everyone who isn’t exactly like them.
minus-squaredumples@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 months agoWith the way rural voters get disproportionate voting power its insane that rural broadband isn’t everywhere. Shows how money interests take over rural interests in that party
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-24 months agoI live in a very small town, and I have 1.5 Gbps internet, and haven’t met a single trumper.
Duh: Rural towns usually have terrible Internet. Who would want to live with that every day‽
That, and they’re also full of MAGA-type Republicans that hate anyone and everyone who isn’t exactly like them.
With the way rural voters get disproportionate voting power its insane that rural broadband isn’t everywhere. Shows how money interests take over rural interests in that party
I live in a very small town, and I have 1.5 Gbps internet, and haven’t met a single trumper.