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It's actually much less conservative than the surrounding areas. Though admittedly it only takes a stone's throw to get into some pretty gruesome backwoods. The real issue is that there aren't any jobs in the area. It's too out of the way for tourism, all the factories have closed down, and the railroad just isn't what it used to be.
So functionally they hand you money, you can't find a job that pays your bills, so you leave and they've gained nothing. Or is the subsidy ongoing as long as they're short on people (haha until the end of time!) Or is there something else in place to help keep people there?
Yeah. Seems pointless, but I bet they're trying to attract folks with work-from-home jobs.
There's a big migration of work-from-home folks out to areas where they can have bigger homes, gardens and such.
I think the theory is that whichever towns or cities attract these folks first will grow into long term preferred work-from-home destinations, using the tax revenue and voting habits of the first folks to move in.
It's a gamble, but an interesting one.
For WFH crows the town needs fiber, and in another post he stated the town doesn't have that.
I can see your point and that's what I figured they were trying to attract
There's Starlink, now. But somehow, relying on a Musk product to be able to do your job seems... risky.
Y’all are describing me with astounding accuracy, hah!
Moved from big city to small nearby city for the garden, work from home, no cable or fiber internet, so gotta rely on Starlon Lusk
I had fios in Cumberland. I don't know if there are other choices though.
Did I? I don't know if Cumberland has fiber options nowadays.
You posted a photo of Cumberland and said (at the time) fiber options were low
You sure it was me? I could have said that, I have memory like swiss cheese, but I can't find any mention of Cumberland or fiber on my three profiles (Kbin, World, dbzer0)
I misremembered Monsterknees comment chain in your photo of Cumberland, went back and looked.
No worries! I was just wondering if I'd known something about fibre availability in Cumberland and just forgot it, lol