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Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by scarejunba »

nvo wrote: post #4
scarejunba wrote: post #2

How about “stop being actively hostile to people”. Most rural areas are populated by anti-people people. They want some idea of “jobs”, meaning they want themselves to have higher quality higher compensated work. They don’t want anyone else to come there because “traffic”, “this place is full”, and “do you want this to be Manhattan? God forbid people not want to live in shoeboxes” and shit like that. They’re also usu…

Funny you call them prejudiced when, after reading this comment, it's clear you're the one who's prejudiced.

Haha, it's not prejudice when it's based in fact. If people don't want to be called homophobic, they have to just stop being against gay marriage. Wise enough to know it's wrong to be against gay marriage, not wise enough to stop being against it. What an interesting saddle point in the moral curve!

Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by scarejunba »

general8bitso wrote: post #10
scarejunba wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha. Cool etymology reference. Yeah, man. I've lived in small towns in the South. I didn't make shit up. But why believe me. ? Go see how many rural people think marriage should be between a man and a woman. Go on. Convince yourself without my interference with a source you think is reputable. But if you'd rather I show you something, take a gander at this https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/record-percentage-am…

rural != ‘The South’

That's right, trivially. I was in rural areas in The South. No person's experience of rural areas = The South because of the obviousness of the fact that the RHS is a larger set than the LHS and therefore the obvious set equivalence would mean that they are different. Fortunately, I have on the ground experience.

But I don't even have to try that hard because we have surveys these days, and rural voters aren't afraid to show their homophobia.

Also, as an aside, did you think people forgot Prop 8 so fast? It wasn't The Bay or LA that pushed that over the line.

Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by nvo »

scarejunba wrote: post #11
nvo wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny you call them prejudiced when, after reading this comment, it's clear you're the one who's prejudiced.

Haha, it's not prejudice when it's based in fact. If people don't want to be called homophobic, they have to just stop being against gay marriage. Wise enough to know it's wrong to be against gay marriage, not wise enough to stop being against it. What an interesting saddle point in the moral curve!

First, you're generalising, which is exactly what you complain they do. Second, they should be free to take any political stance that they want.

Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by hnaccy »

>Economists keep telling those left out of our digital future to move to the tech hubs. Sometimes I wonder if they have ever been to places like Jefferson, Iowa, or Beckley, W.Va. If they visit, they will realize that many people there are not looking to move. They are proud of their small-town values and enjoy being close to family. They brag that their town doesn’t need many traffic lights.

Then they can enjoy the economic fruits of their small town.

Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by velobro »

zozbot123 wrote: post #3
scarejunba wrote: post #2

How about “stop being actively hostile to people”. Most rural areas are populated by anti-people people. They want some idea of “jobs”, meaning they want themselves to have higher quality higher compensated work. They don’t want anyone else to come there because “traffic”, “this place is full”, and “do you want this to be Manhattan? God forbid people not want to live in shoeboxes” and shit like that. They’re also usu…

> How about “stop being actively hostile to people”. Most rural areas are populated by anti-people people. ... I don't buy this. Have you ever been to some of these places (let alone "most" of them) or are you just repeating self-serving urbanites' stereotypes? Villeinizing rural folks is a pastime as old as history itself.

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Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by jelliclesfarm »

Ro Khanna is my hometown progressive. So..obviously..I distrust the politician representing us.

Why can’t he do a better job with our multitude of problems? Bay Area is choking. In more ways than one.

Talking points is not the same as actually getting them done. It’s just a way to get elected. Again.

Also..am I the only one who found the Indian-Pakistani restaurant quip offensive? This is why some of the rest of the country smirks at Californians. I am from the same region as he is..and I would NEVER make that comment in Beckley, W.Va. It’s just..well...rude.

Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by pixl97 »

hnaccy wrote: post #14

>Economists keep telling those left out of our digital future to move to the tech hubs. Sometimes I wonder if they have ever been to places like Jefferson, Iowa, or Beckley, W.Va. If they visit, they will realize that many people there are not looking to move. They are proud of their small-town values and enjoy being close to family. They brag that their town doesn’t need many traffic lights. Then they can enjoy the…

Ah yes, only two choices. The economic desolation of small towns, or the over zoned asset inflated city. This surely end well.

Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

If cities are rich because of high concentrations of capital and talent, then it really is a choice between living in a poor area and living in a rich one. You can’t make the poor areas rich without giving them qualities of the rich areas, at which point they simply switch over and become “big cities”.

Re: Ways to Bring Tech Jobs to Rural Areas

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hnaccy wrote: post #14

>Economists keep telling those left out of our digital future to move to the tech hubs. Sometimes I wonder if they have ever been to places like Jefferson, Iowa, or Beckley, W.Va. If they visit, they will realize that many people there are not looking to move. They are proud of their small-town values and enjoy being close to family. They brag that their town doesn’t need many traffic lights. Then they can enjoy the…

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