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veen  ·  3862 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Don't let your Children grow up to be Farmers

    This is a part of a bigger social problem out here where I live. The rural areas are becoming "youth deserts" for lack of a better term. If you are young and smart, you go to college and never come back.

It's a worldwide phenomena, and it has a name: 'The Brain Drain'. Rural or peripheral areas just aren't interesting enough for young, educated people looking for jobs, people to meet and things to do.