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Moving Back to Rural America: Why Some Return Home and What Difference It Makes

June 02, 2015 John Cromartie, Economic Research Service

Population loss persists in rural America, especially in more remote areas with limited scenic amenities. Communities in these areas are attuned to the annual out-migration of their “best and brightest” high school graduates, typically a third or more of each class. But stemming rural population...

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