Moving talent to small towns has insane (econ+social) IRR right now, they're so abandoned and assets are basically just lying fallow. You can literally change thousands of lives for the better just by doing it.
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Replying to @mvarinus @sonyasupposedly and
I'm planning on doing this (albeit, within reach of a city), but picking the small town correctly is key. There's a reason this didn't work out well in the past. Brain drain is real; you're moving, often, into the drained areas.
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Replying to @Halikaarn1an @sonyasupposedly and
Maybe a nice companion piece to
@MorlockP's homesteading book would be a guide to hacking dysfunctional rural infrastructure (social or physical).2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @Halikaarn1an @sonyasupposedly and
You probably need some degree of networking and financial infrastructure. Do it with a few friends and a decent business loan tranche.
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Replying to @mvarinus @Halikaarn1an and
IMO it needs more than just friendship and $. Needs some explicit structure/underlying ideology that lets it sustainably compete and ensures it doesn't get coopted.
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Replying to @shlevy @sonyasupposedly and
Yeah. I've seen a lot of small-town art spaces etc get co-opted really hard because the people running them have less $ and connections than big-city tourists who pop in for a year and then leave.
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Replying to @sonyasupposedly @Halikaarn1an and
I'M TRYING, SONYA, I'M TRYING !
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7 years, zero converts so far. ...BUT I'LL KEEP PUSHING!
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