MicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.comexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkRural Towns Are Aging, Cash-Strapped and in Desperate Need of Workerswww.wsj.comMicroWave@lemmy.world to Economics@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
With younger labor in short supply, aging workers often find themselves pulling double—or triple—duty to keep towns afloat Non-paywall link
minus-squareaviationeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down31·4 months agoSounds like a classist remark from some ignorant city dweller that cheats rural workers out of fruits of their labor.
minus-squarerobdor@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·4 months agoThis sounds like a wow shut the fuck up remark.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoI live in a rural town… there’s nothing to do.
minus-squareaviationeast@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·4 months agoOh. Yeah its quiet. Its amazing. Sorry if you’re stuck moving is expensive.
minus-squareFlashMobOfOne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down3·4 months agoIf you want people to live in your boring rural towns, you have to compensate them better.
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·4 months ago…and really good high speed Internet!
minus-squareZorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoReally good, reliable, high speed internet.
minus-squaremommykink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-24 months agoWhere else can I get boozed up and skrrt 65mph down the state highway in my uninsured, uncatted shitbox and throw beer cans at the cyclists (poor people) on the shoulder?
Sounds like a classist remark from some ignorant city dweller that cheats rural workers out of fruits of their labor.
This sounds like a wow shut the fuck up remark.
I live in a rural town… there’s nothing to do.
Oh. Yeah its quiet. Its amazing. Sorry if you’re stuck moving is expensive.
If you want people to live in your boring rural towns, you have to compensate them better.
…and really good high speed Internet!
Really good, reliable, high speed internet.
Where else can I get boozed up and skrrt 65mph down the state highway in my uninsured, uncatted shitbox and throw beer cans at the cyclists (poor people) on the shoulder?
Where else indeed?