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Regardless of where you're born, high-paying jobs and the promise of professional growth are in the city. So 18+ (heading-to-college-and-after) leave their rur

Regardless of where you're born, high-paying jobs and the promise of professional growth are in the city. So 18+ (heading-to-college-and-after) leave their rural homes and rarely go back. Even if they manage to go to a local university, schooling leads to a niche job in some /other/ city far away from home. Not only that, but agricultural jobs have been dwindling for decades. Anecdotally, (before my time) my high school used to shut down in the middle of spring so all the teenagers could harvest tobacco. These days that's just grandpa on a giant harvester.

coldtea 2y ago
>So 18+ (heading-to-college-and-after) leave their rural homes and rarely go back. One would think so, but then you read things like: "Do Americans live where they grew up? At 68%, the majority polled answered yes, they live in or near the city where they grew up. People most often stay in the same town to be with their family, while those who move typically move for work. The data shows that these two reasons are the biggest factors in moving. It’s interesting to compare the current data to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2016 study results. A few years ago, 75% of women stayed in their hometowns, compared to 68% of men. Those numbers have flipped, according to our 2022 survey."