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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: 3, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Thursday May 28 2020, @08:48PM
I left the midsize town to the big city for college, got the degrees, got a jerb in the city after school - that ran for 12 years, had one rugrat and another on the way when the jerb imploded. Before the implosion our plan was to either: A) become unlikely wealthy and put the rugrats through private schools, or B) get out of the big bad city before kindergarten started. Of course, life threw us the C) jerb in the big city quits YOU option.
Ironically, we moved to a bigger badder city next, and found a happy spot in the suburbs with good schools, etc. Took a detour from there to a smaller town and found that the bigger city suburbs actually serve our (disabled) children much better than the small towns. Also upside down from expectations: the smaller town had a whole lot of different tech employment opportunities - they all sucked, but there was quite the smorgasbord of listeria ridden choices. The "big" (1M pop) city we're in now has better jobs, but not nearly as many tech employers to choose from.
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