‘Out here, it’s just me’: one doctor for 11,000 square miles

Re:‘Out here, it’s just me’: one doctor for 11,000 square miles by haimez on Monday September 30, 2019 @07:42PM (#21120704)

Sure, but during a recession no one is moving into those areas and a LOT of unemployed are moving AWAY from them. The metrics look good because they misrepresent what’s actually happening.

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Re:‘Out here, it’s just me’: one doctor for 11,000 square miles by rayiner on Monday September 30, 2019 @08:07PM (#21120830)

Actually the opposite is true: https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/90556/eib-200..... There was a significant rural to urban net migration during boom economies which slowed to zero during both the early 2000s recession and the 2008 recession. And in fact there was a small migration from urban back to rural during the last recession.

The unemployment rate in Iowa peaked at a little more than half the national unemployment rate in 2009-2010.

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Re:‘Out here, it’s just me’: one doctor for 11,000 square miles by HeadsUpHigh on Tuesday October 01, 2019 @09:13AM (#21124930)

That's objectively and measurably false.

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