JD, No doubt it is a problem. But unlike some of the posters, I don't see it as somebodies fault. It is just the way our society is reshaping itself. Used to be 10 farmers, each with 160 acres...now it is 1 farmer with 1600 acres. Not anyones fault, just an economic change. Yes, the small areas have been hurt the most by small low wage, low tech factories going overseas. It is a well documented fact. Lots of those people are unemployed, where are they?
What if we required the unemployed, getting unemployment payments to work on the fire station..like a CCC camp? I know...no skills...that is why they are unemployed generally.
I grew up in a county without a hospital, or an ambulance. They used to put people in a hearse (or a car) and drive them 30 miles to a hospital. Now they have a full time EMT staff, a full time 911 staff, $3 or $4 Million in new firehouses and trucks. Need an ambulance to go to the hospital with a hangnail. EMT guys say that 5% of the population cause 90% of the trips. Population is the same, costs up 1000%. No wonder counties are broke. Hard to see how life is all that much better.
PS: Ghost towns are not a recent creation...been around a long time.
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