With younger labor in short supply, aging workers often find themselves pulling double—or triple—duty to keep towns afloat

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    3 months ago

    We have nature in the cities. Or I could drive 45 minutes and be in nature, I don’t need to live in some rundown crack village with a bunch of alcoholics and backwards KKK people to experience nature.

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      3 months ago

      We have nature in the cities.

      With all due respect to the pigeons, rats, and carefully manicured parks: No, you don’t.

      If you did people wouldn’t call 911 during a blackout because they finally see the stars.

      I don’t need to live in some rundown crack village with a bunch of alcoholics and backwards KKK people to experience nature.

      There’s your problem, you’re living in the town instead of way outside it.