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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by mc32 on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:16AM (#13905362)
Presumably the cost of living in cities with growing economies disincentivizes poor people from moving.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by tomrod on Sunday March 19, 2017 @01:26AM (#13905401)
To cities, perhaps, but not to areas of opportunities (even fleeting). Consider South Dakota.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by protomyth on Sunday March 19, 2017 @02:14AM (#13905581)
What exactly is drawing people to South Dakota?
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by knz on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:14AM (#13907541)
Sioux Falls is booming after a decade of investment by the financial and medical industries.

Sanford Health is particularly noticeable - there are multiple hospitals and research centers there or under construction.

I believe the banking is mostly credit card companies and cheque printing.

It's got a surprising number of amenities for a small city and if you can stand the location and politics it's got relatively high wages and low cost of living.

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by tomrod on Sunday March 19, 2017 @07:35AM (#13906498)
Oy. It was too late at night for me when I wrote this. I meant North Dakota, referencing fracking jobs.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by tomrod on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:33AM (#13907683)
But by happy circumstance, it seems Sioux Falls is booming. So I wasn't completely wrong.
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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by protomyth on Sunday March 19, 2017 @11:41AM (#13907737)
I figured that was the case, but Sioux Falls also does a lot of advertising in the Twin Cities (Minneapolis / St. Paul MN) to convince businesses to move.

Sioux Falls is actually a pretty nice town. SD is a bit strange because the capital of the state is such a small town. SD also has no state income taxes for individuals or businesses.

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