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Skeptix_907 t1_itq3cq3 wrote

Reply to comment by probablymagic in Rather than heralding a new era of prosperity for rural and remote regions, remote working, inspired by the pandemic, is exacerbating the global urban-rural divide in the digital platform labour market by giuliomagnifico

>It’s as though people in cities get better educations and thus have the skills unavailable to rural communities with poor access to education due to their lack of density

What are you talking about? People living in small towns most frequently leave for college. Every state has a large university where you can get a world class education. You're acting as though only people in cities are allowed into places like Ohio State.

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nimama3233 t1_itq523n wrote

I think the point is people that move away to get advanced college degrees don’t move back to their crummy small towns. I know it’s anecdotally the case for me

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koghrun t1_itqv406 wrote

This is most likely because, for the last several decades, there weren't many jobs that needed a college education in those little towns. People were forced to move to more urban areas to find work in field they had studied. That's not the case anymore, but it will take a long time to shift. 2023 college graduates could get a degree at a big university in their state, apply to a dozen places at job fairs at those universities, find a nice remote job in their field, and then move back in with mom and dad after college. Minimal bills, but getting paid well if the office is in a high cost of living area.

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probablymagic t1_itq685w wrote

College degrees and attendance is significantly lower for rural communities than ur burbs now and suburban ones, and those who do go tend to not come back.

This dynamic is getting more extreme in America because Republicans are getting more and more anti-college (too woke) and rural places tend to be very conservative.

So your grades muggy allow you to go to Ohio State, but your parents might not let you for fear they’ll teach you critical race theory and make you trans.

It’s also of course more expensive than it used to be and these places are much less affluent. That probably also matters to who attends college these days.

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Skeptix_907 t1_itqnghb wrote

>College degrees and attendance is significantly lower for rural communities than ur burbs now and suburban ones, and those who do go tend to not come back.

That's because most universities are not in rural communities, but this only proves my point.

People living in rural communities have to leave those communities to go to college. That is proof that there is no wall blocking rural folks from going to college.

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probablymagic t1_itrbd3c wrote

I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about or what your point is.

Rural people are poorly educated relative to suburban or urban peers. They’re also economically worse off. They also come from places that are culturally more hostile to education. They also live in places with fewer jobs that require skills learned in college.

These are all “walls” leading to lower rates of college attendance for rural kids.

Also worth noting that the vast majority of college students leave their communities to go to college. That is not at all unique to rural communities. In fact, colleges end up being the good employer in many rural communities and act as economic drivers.

The problems is often these schools are too good for the locals, or too expensive, so they don’t attend at high rates at all.

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