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Research has shown that, while people in their 20s often leave rural communities, a higher percentage of young adults in their 30s choose rural communities, Schmitt-Wilson said. Still, most of the research on migration of young adults to rural communities focuses on "returners," or those choosing to move home to the community they were raised in, she added.
[...] The researchers found that while study participants were candid about challenges associated with life in rural areas of Montana—such as a lack of amenities and geographic and social isolation—they also highlighted a number of benefits.
"Those benefits included the quality of life they experience in their rural communities, including family-centered environments, low cost of living, unconditional support provided by community members, intergenerational friendships, increased sociability and unique opportunities for personal and professional growth available for young adults in rural communities," Schmitt-Wilson said.
If urban centers are in lockdown and their amenities are gone, would young people still choose city life or would places like rural Montana do?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by bradley13 on Thursday May 28 2020, @06:58PM (3 children)
Yes to all the benefits. Jobs are the problem. I expected a commute requiring a room in the city. COVID means home-office, which has been great.
If companies stick with home-office, even partially, the primary advantage of cities will be gone.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday May 28 2020, @07:26PM (2 children)
Seeing how desperate people are to mingle, I don't think the effect will last too long. Maybe heightened telecommuting until mid-2021, depending on when a vaccine appears. But the amount of telecommuting, online grocery shopping, etc. will be years advanced beyond what they would have been without a pandemic.
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(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 28 2020, @07:58PM (1 child)
they have apps for online people shopping now too
(Score: 3, Insightful) by cykros on Thursday May 28 2020, @08:04PM
There are rural towns where all the Tinder in the world will just turn up various cousins you have, at least in the immediate few miles. Example: Varnamtown, NC, so named because, well, it's full of the Varnam family. And that's not even the REAL middle of nowhere, located only about an hour from Myrtle Beach.