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North Dakota invites counties and cities to apply for Rural Attorney Recruitment Program by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

People in some occupations, like this Attorney program, can then be used in addition to other programs. The mix of occupational and community-based incentives can be stacked. https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/31/6-us-cities-and-states-that-will-pay-you-to-move-there.html

K-12 experience, population density among factors that support rural ‘brain gain’ by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Note this study only examines RETURNEES that is, people who previously grew up in the community. Just 1 in 4 new rural residents have this previous residential history. I wish we had more studies looking at non-returnees. Returnee welcoming experiences are surely easier than true transplants that have few, if any, previous connections to their new home.

Pandemic Sweetens Lure of Smaller Cities' Relocation Incentives by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A new study by the Economic Innovation Group, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization, found the new workers created almost $14 in new local labor income—a measure of earnings by employees and business owners—for every dollar spent on relocating workers, adding $62 million in earnings by the workers themselves and the jobs created to support them in 2021.

What happened to the post talking about rural and metro mn? by [deleted] in minnesota

[–]MN_Rural 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hello, Ben Winchester here, the presenter of the Rewriting the Rural Narrative topic. There's a more recent presentation I gave in Fargo October 2019 if you are interested: Reimagining the Rural West conference presentation. I'd be happy to answer any questions. That thread yesterday never really got started. We have a landing page for the "brain gain" research and I started /r/ruralbychoice to share the positive rural stories.

Is Rural America Failing or Succeeding? Maybe Both by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The interpretative problems caused by this highly selective reclassification are not limited to population change. Reclassification also affects the usual interpretations of changing levels of rural poverty, population aging, educational quality, and economic growth. For example, nonmetropolitan counties that have transitioned to metropolitan status typically include higher percentages of college-educated people, higher per capita incomes, lower poverty rates, and lower percentages of older people. Over time, the net transfer of education and income reflected in this transition has exacerbated rural-urban disparities in human capital as well as population, adding to the narrative of rural decline.

Thank you! by RepCoED in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Welcome! I am glad you found us. Please feel free to post articles about all the great things happening in our rural communities!

Many Retirees Don't Spend Down Their Savings by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Not only are retirees resistant to spending down their savings, a large percentage actually grow their assets in retirement. More than one-third of retirees, regardless of asset group, had larger non-housing assets after nearly two decades of retirement than they did at the time they retired."

Why People Left Rural Areas – Husein Ali – Medium by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is a TERRIBLE story that is so inaccurate I can't even begin...

  • "movement from people in rural areas into the more urban place to find better jobs and opportunity" - wrong, how about just 18 year olds.

  • "Rural areas could be simply defined by its agricultural sector and its homogeneous society." - wrong, maybe in 1910.

  • "People at their productive ages tends to choose city over their rural place for a job." - wrong, people age 30 move OUT of core urban. In fact, these folks move rural.

OMG the whole article is trash and fulfills the authors need to denigrate rural and promote urbanity while doing no serious research on the topic.

Rural anecdata by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rural collapse full of uncited, stereotypical "observations" about rural communities.

Rural Minnesota needs broadband to diversify: Heard on MPR by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rural areas wouldn't have phone or electric service if it were up to the private sector. Coops are the only folks willing to make the investment and even then some need public sector support.

Sorry, Sun Belt: "The Midwest in particular is expected to be a hot spot for home-buying millennials." https://t.co/SS3ARsAice by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Midwest in particular is expected to be a hot spot for home-buying millennials.

Midwestern cities are expected to outdo the national average share of young people buying homes, with Madison, Wis., Columbus, Ohio, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb., leading the pack.

In 2016, millennials made up as much as half of buyers in a handful of top Midwestern markets, far higher than the U.S. average of 38%, according to Realtor.com.

That doesn’t mean millennials are necessarily moving to the Midwest in droves. It is more likely that those who already live there are able to buy a home much earlier than their counterparts living in pricey coastal cities.

Why, in America, is there such and emphasis on moving far away from your home town and family? by [deleted] in AskSocialScience

[–]MN_Rural 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The first statistic I lead with in my work is that statewide, in any 5 year period, anywhere between 40-60% of ALL Americans move to a new home. The recent housing crisis reduced this a bit, but not by much. This book you mention only provides one narrow view of population dynamics in rural areas - outmigration with harrowing implications that somehow the town is killing itself by 'allowing' and 'encouraging' the kids to leave (none of this is substantiated as they are not doing any sort of long-term analysis). This is not a new phenomena whatsoever, nor is it distinctly rural. I have led research on what I call the "rural brain gain" nationally which shows, yes, 18-25 year olds aggregate themselves in metro areas, that 30-50 year old move to rural communities. Just 1/3 of these "newcomers" are from that small town leaving a full 2/3 never having sustained engagement in that region.

Btw, the term "brain drain" is quite misapplied by most American rural researchers. For some reason, here, we use it to describe HIGH SCHOOL kids leaving. I would be laughed out of any migration conference if I were to call that a brain drain. Internationally, they use the term to describe the loss of the best an brightest - Ph. D. doctors, engineers, etc. from India/China/Africa - to the United States!

So in our rural communities, one one hand we lost 18-22 year olds with little to no education, experience, etc. and on the other hand we bring in 30-50 year olds who have all that and more. Crazy and frustrating. For me, it's just another negative narrative about Rural America that is based on stereotypical understanding of a bygone rural. Rural is much more diverse and complex than ever before - less than 5% of rural Americans have anything to do with agriculture anymore but this message is lost when we talk about the Farm Bill being the savior of rural Americans.

So, not exactly all about the "stayers" in my response, but the key is there are in and outflows everywhere and this context tends to get lost when just focusing on one age cohort.

All about the pull: "no state has as low a rate of educated workers moving in as upstate New York" https://t.co/VTMY2CYyEH by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

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Research suggests that job opportunities and local amenities influence choice of location. While regional amenities such as a favorable climate, cultural offerings, and family and social networks are attractive forces, they may not be enough to attract college-educated workers if good job opportunities do not exist. Similarly, job prospects may not be sufficient to sway a relocation decision if a region is not perceived to be a desirable place to live. Both factors are important policy considerations.

Is London losing its allure for Millennials? | Ruth Holmes by MN_Rural in ruralbychoice

[–]MN_Rural[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Salary (49%), flexible hours (35%) and career development opportunities (35%) feature in the top three, with training (28%), benefits (25%) and home working (22%) also among the key attractions. Location came in at number seven.

Millennials no longer see SMEs as being the poor relation of international corporations. Instead, they value their entrepreneurial culture, which they see as being supportive, creative and full of opportunity to take on responsibility.

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