Per @BookOfTamara's polling the other day, a lot of people move from rural places to the city, and from cities to the burbs, or both
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My experience is the reverse--my earliest memories are of the world's most advanced city (Tokyo)...
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...then I moved to a smaller, more parochial city (Boston), which was still very rich and developed...
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...then a cozy rural town (Bridport, UK) with a decent, active economic base...finally to rural, stagnant Western MA
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Going down the ladder like this I know exactly why city folk are so optimistic and enthusiastic about technology--I've seen it, it's amazing
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But after 18 years of rural stagnation I have an growing sense of why rural folk are so frustrated at glib urban platitudes and reassurances
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The bright shiny future *does* materialize in some lucky cities. But for most places in the country, it's never gonna get here.
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I wasn't joking when I said town and country are different worlds--if anything, I was understating it. Completely different rules apply.
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