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In my case, I could and I want to, but I wouldn’t. Unfortunately my experience as someone who would immediately be identified as an “outsider” in rural America
by darth_avocado 5y ago
In my case, I could and I want to, but I wouldn’t. Unfortunately my experience as someone who would immediately be identified as an “outsider” in rural America has been not that great. Unless it’s a tourist town, or an immigrant one (like those straight to the factory from the boat towns), it’s usually not that great.
- betwixthewires 5y agoTowns suffering from depopulation to such a degree that they've decided to give part of it away just to have neighbors to do business with are probably welcoming of outsiders to the point of desperation. I highly doubt you'll be treated like an outsider in one of these towns that is giving away land.
- Ansil849 5y agoNo, not in my experience living in a rural small town. Desperation doesn't make xenophobia and racism go away, if anything it further entrenches resentment ('why does the foreigner get a job while we're unemployed').