Another factor: the 40-year-olds of 2010 were born in 1970, when the center of gravity of US population was already urban/suburban. Many lacked any family ties to Rural American, limiting the opportunity for mutual understanding and empathy. See also http://www.thebigsort.com/home.php
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In part because of the economic collapse in farm country due to the strong dollar policy and changes to federal agricultural programs (and emergence of other large commodity producing countries). Young people had started to leave and then it became a flood.
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An untold story is how the rural Great Plains lost their culture and their future at the same time. And a generation emigrated to Omaha, Minneapolis, and the military.
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How do they define urban vs rural? What about suburban?
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