Hard Times In The Heartland

Poverty, rural


Many small towns have been devastated by nearby cities having big shopping malls or a Wal-Mart moving in. Don’t get me wrong, I love the one stop shopping at Wal-mart but it has been devastating to a lot of small towns. The loss of small family farms to large corporation farms has also hurt small rural towns. Closing a town’s single manufacturing plant has also destroyed rural economies. There should be some solutions to all these events. Do some brainstorming and come up with ideas to boost rural economies.

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