An Upside to Rural Brain Drain?
Posted on | February 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
“The rural brain drain is the collective expression of thousands of individuals pursuing their best economic-development strategy,” writes freelance columnist Curtis Seltzer on LandThink.com.
“When the reasons that brought people to the countryside no longer exist, it will make economic sense for people to leave and force these communities to find a new – and, admittedly, ofter lower – level of sustainability.”
An interesting article addressing the rural brain drain phenomenon reported by Patrick J. Carr and Maria J. Kefalas in Hollowing Out the Middle: The Rural Brain Drain and What it Means for America.
According to Seltzer, rural brain drain may, in fact, be better for those communities – and youth – in the long run. Click here to read the full article.
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