@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.commessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up179file-text
arrow-up179external-linkRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agomessage-square56fedilinkfile-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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 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-squareSemi-Hemi-LemmygodlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 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.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 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.
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.
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.
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.