Op-ed: New York Times columns illustrate the ways people tend to think about rural America - Entrepreneur Generations

Two recent columns in The New York Times illustrate the two different ways people tend to think about America. "On one side of the coin, we see it as a post-apocalyptic wasteland of dysfunction, intolerance, and economic ruin," Tim Marema writes for The Daily Yonder. "On the other, we see a pastoral cornucopia of small-town charm, neighbor helping neighbor, and home-grown tomatoes. In other words, it’s all bad or all good."

David Brooks wrote about the positive aspects of rural life he'd seen while visiting Nebraska: "I keep going to places with more moral coherence and social commitment than we have in booming urban areas."

Paul Krugman, an economist, was more concerned with the rural economy. He wrote: "There are powerful forces behind the … economic decline of rural America – and the truth is that nobody knows how to reverse those forces."

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