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Over time, those that are able to move to areas of growth do so, leaving those who didn't leave behind. This movement of people ensures that the urban-rural di
by temp-dude-87844 9y ago
Over time, those that are able to move to areas of growth do so, leaving those who didn't leave behind.
This movement of people ensures that the urban-rural divide, as well as the growth-stagnation divide will persist, because the working definitions will naturally fit around the current facts on the ground.
This is neither a new phenomenon, nor freshly articulated. For example, much of Thomas Jefferson's political career was devoted to addressing issues of the urban-rural divide in the early United States.
- thriftwy 9y ago> Over time, those that are able to move to areas of growth do so, leaving those who didn't leave behind. > This movement of people ensures that the urban-rural divide, as well as the growth-stagnation divide will persist Counterexamples are Sweden and Norway. A century ago they were stagnation areas with people moving away. Today they're more affluent than areas they were losing population to. The tide can change.