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Often, however, leads to [[An Aesop]] about [[Home Sweet Home]] and appreciating what you've got. A common subtype is leaving the [[Close Knit Community]] and finding that [[Apathetic Citizens]] are much worse. |
Often, however, leads to [[An Aesop]] about [[Home Sweet Home]] and appreciating what you've got. A common subtype is leaving the [[Close Knit Community]] and finding that [[Apathetic Citizens]] are much worse. |
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When this happens in a musical, expect a [[Somewhere Song]] or a [[Wanderlust Song]]. |
When this happens in a musical, expect a [["Somewhere" Song]] or a [[Wanderlust Song]]. |
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== Anime & Manga == |
== Anime & Manga == |
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** Some states, such as [[Flyover Country|Indiana]], have problems keeping up job rates because college grads and other people of age immediately flee to larger cities such as Chicago or LA to seek gainful employment. |
** Some states, such as [[Flyover Country|Indiana]], have problems keeping up job rates because college grads and other people of age immediately flee to larger cities such as Chicago or LA to seek gainful employment. |
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*** As a Chicago native, it does not surprise me anymore to meet people at city events, bars and find out that they are NOT from the city proper, or even the suburbs but from other midwestern cities like St. Louis, Detroit Metro or South Bend (Indiana) |
*** As a Chicago native, it does not surprise me anymore to meet people at city events, bars and find out that they are NOT from the city proper, or even the suburbs but from other midwestern cities like St. Louis, Detroit Metro or South Bend (Indiana) |
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** It gets worse in the [[Down On the Farm|Great Plains states]], where this trope, combined with industrialized agriculture outcompeting small farmers, has been causing [ |
** It gets worse in the [[Down On the Farm|Great Plains states]], where this trope, combined with industrialized agriculture outcompeting small farmers, has been causing [[wikipedia:Rural flight|a demographic crisis]]. Small towns are being abandoned as nobody shows up to replace the young people who leave, and the last Census survey holds that some areas now have a lower population density than they did in [[The Wild West|1890, the year that the frontier was declared to be closed]]. There have even been calls to bring back the Homestead Act in order to resettle the Plains states. |
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* Some of the [[Down On the Farm|farm-country]] and [[Lovecraft Country]] areas of New England. |
* Some of the [[Down On the Farm|farm-country]] and [[Lovecraft Country]] areas of New England. |
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[[Category:Small Towns]] |
[[Category:Small Towns]] |
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[[Category:Small Town Boredom]] |
[[Category:Small Town Boredom]] |
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