MicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-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-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-squareJakdracula@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·5 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-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoSuch ignorance and bitterness.
minus-squareJakdracula@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·5 months agoTruth hurts, doesn’t it?
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·5 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-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.
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.