Sort of a TLDR of the piece: Rural counties and small metropolitan areas account for about 23 percent of traditional American retail employment, but they are h

Sort of a TLDR of the piece: Rural counties and small metropolitan areas account for about 23 percent of traditional American retail employment, but they are home to just 13 percent of e-commerce positions. Almost all customer fulfillment centers run by the online shopping behemoth Amazon are in metropolitan areas with more than 250,000 people — close to the bulk of its customers “I’m thinking about what’s next,” he said. “We’re essentially thinking of Johnstown as an economic development laboratory.”