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, Informative) by quietus on Thursday May 28 2020, @08:50PM (1 child)
I tend to an acre of vegetable garden, 2 glasshouses and, about half that size, a fruit garden. (Also, an additional 4 acres for keeping livestock, but that's in the past for now.) You might limit yourself to an hour a day during winter season, but these months (March to May, June) you do indeed need about 2 - 3 hours a day -- on average. Four to six hours would be ideal, and would be good enough to raise a pig for slaughter; keeping cows could just be doable too.
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Friday May 29 2020, @01:11PM
You're doing it wrong. That's what children are for: chores.
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