I'd add that changing zoning laws and building more densely in urban areas is absolutely a good thing -- and we should definitely do that as well. But doing so

I'd add that changing zoning laws and building more densely in urban areas is absolutely a good thing -- and we should definitely do that as well. But doing so does absolutely nothing to revitalize lower population density areas, where 20% of the population[0] lives. I'd expect that better communication/transportation infrastructure would increase that somewhat as well, since if you don't need to live in an urban metro area to have a good job, a whole bunch of people would move to those areas. Potentially making them not rural any more, but why does that even matter? Or should we just tell folks in rural areas to fuck off and die? I don't support that, although I'm sure there are some (you, perhaps?) who do. [0] https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2017/08/rural-america.html https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2017/08/rural-america...