I have watched at least several videos from people who tour small towns and such and give a report on how they are faring. I am shocked at how many look nearly abandoned or like old war zones. Lack of opportunities, poverty, and dwindling populations are rampant, as is drug addiction. Drug addiction obviously leads to higher crime and po…
I have watched at least several videos from people who tour small towns and such and give a report on how they are faring. I am shocked at how many look nearly abandoned or like old war zones. Lack of opportunities, poverty, and dwindling populations are rampant, as is drug addiction. Drug addiction obviously leads to higher crime and poverty rates. The drug problem is very real.
Where I live, the construction continues at breakneck speed while multitudes of communities in my State are dying on the vine. There is so much effort being placed in the overdevelopment of big cities while abandonment small communities continues. The contrast is stark. And most readers here know it’s by design.
So, how do we revitalize small communities during these times in which gas stations, grocery stores, and such don’t even exist? In the last few years, even those “tourist destinations” were hard hit. Are we just corks bobbing in the ocean, or can we collectively create solutions?
Do we have government or corporations running our country? Since almost every government today is a corporation and follows corporate codes, how do we change this? Corporations are a business to make money and governments today seem to exist to allow corporations to break laws to make more money with fewer liabilities. Can we change this? It seems imperative for our survival that we do. Information sharing is powerful and necessary for change, but what other actions can we take? I am open to suggestions.
I have watched at least several videos from people who tour small towns and such and give a report on how they are faring. I am shocked at how many look nearly abandoned or like old war zones. Lack of opportunities, poverty, and dwindling populations are rampant, as is drug addiction. Drug addiction obviously leads to higher crime and poverty rates. The drug problem is very real.
Where I live, the construction continues at breakneck speed while multitudes of communities in my State are dying on the vine. There is so much effort being placed in the overdevelopment of big cities while abandonment small communities continues. The contrast is stark. And most readers here know it’s by design.
So, how do we revitalize small communities during these times in which gas stations, grocery stores, and such don’t even exist? In the last few years, even those “tourist destinations” were hard hit. Are we just corks bobbing in the ocean, or can we collectively create solutions?
Do we have government or corporations running our country? Since almost every government today is a corporation and follows corporate codes, how do we change this? Corporations are a business to make money and governments today seem to exist to allow corporations to break laws to make more money with fewer liabilities. Can we change this? It seems imperative for our survival that we do. Information sharing is powerful and necessary for change, but what other actions can we take? I am open to suggestions.