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Has it changed? My medium term goal is to move to a small town in a state like Nebraska. In my limited experience, I found the region as cozy as my current plac

Has it changed? My medium term goal is to move to a small town in a state like Nebraska. In my limited experience, I found the region as cozy as my current place in the far north of Sweden but without the humongous government.

trelane 2y ago
I don't know. I phrased it like that due to lack of data.
bilbo0s 2y ago
Has it changed? Yes. I'd say it's like years being designated BC and AD. Small town midwest is now Before Opiods and After Opiods. Choose your future small town carefully, and don't be bothered by how many feelings you hurt. It's about what you want for you and your family. Not about validating a narrative. You really do want to stay away from certain areas. At least, that's how it is here in Wisconsin. Anecdata: One day my sister was taking my niece to school and my niece said from her car seat, "Look Mom! A dead body." My sister looked over and sure enough, cops and ambulance, and they were just covering the deceased. OD. Point of this story is not really that there was an OD in small town Wisconsin. Small town Wisconsin is where you'd expect OD's to happen nowadays. The point is my niece was so familiar with this kind of thing that she could spot a dead body at 4 or 5 years old. Not good man.
red-iron-pine 2y ago
> Has it changed? a-yup, sure has. I've seen it. Wages are stagnant and meth is everywhere. The smart ones left to chase jobs and the remainder who aren't hitting the pipe regularly are deep into MLMs. Everyone -- like, everyone -- drives trucks, and will probably never be able to retire because of it.[1] The remainder are getting older, more religious, more conservative, and more reactionary, and that translates to terrible schools and poorly maintained roads. The educated folks coming back from college look at that and, even if they can get jobs in town, aren't keen to live there. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-love-affair-with-pickup-trucks-might-be-derailing-their-retirement-plans-2020-09-23 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-love-affair-with...

trelane 2y ago

I don't know. I phrased it like that due to lack of data.

bilbo0s 2y ago

Has it changed? Yes. I'd say it's like years being designated BC and AD. Small town midwest is now Before Opiods and After Opiods. Choose your future small town carefully, and don't be bothered by how many feelings you hurt. It's about what you want for you and your family. Not about validating a narrative. You really do want to stay away from certain areas. At least, that's how it is here in Wisconsin. Anecdata: One day my sister was taking my niece to school and my niece said from her car seat, "Look Mom! A dead body." My sister looked over and sure enough, cops and ambulance, and they were just covering the deceased. OD. Point of this story is not really that there was an OD in small town Wisconsin. Small town Wisconsin is where you'd expect OD's to happen nowadays. The point is my niece was so familiar with this kind of thing that she could spot a dead body at 4 or 5 years old. Not good man.

red-iron-pine 2y ago

> Has it changed? a-yup, sure has. I've seen it. Wages are stagnant and meth is everywhere. The smart ones left to chase jobs and the remainder who aren't hitting the pipe regularly are deep into MLMs. Everyone -- like, everyone -- drives trucks, and will probably never be able to retire because of it.[1] The remainder are getting older, more religious, more conservative, and more reactionary, and that translates to terrible schools and poorly maintained roads. The educated folks coming back from college look at that and, even if they can get jobs in town, aren't keen to live there. [1] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-love-affair-with-pickup-trucks-might-be-derailing-their-retirement-plans-2020-09-23 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/americans-love-affair-with...