To get green energy from the windy Plains to the cities requires the construction of news transmission lines — and the disruption of land over thousands of miles.
Rural and urban suicide rates were about the same in the early 1970s.
By the late 1990s, rates of suicide were 54% higher in U.S. rural areas
than in U.S. cities.
Elmer Kelton wrote The Time It Never Rained to "give urban people a better understanding of hazards the rancher and the farmer face in trying to feed and clothe them."
Baby Boomers are coming. Over the next decade, many will leave the cities for smaller towns, a migration that will change the nature and economy of many rural counties.