The Surprising Way Small Towns Are Disappearing

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This video was a synthesis of these sources, combined with my personal experience living in a small town:
https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2012/transit-d-word/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/20/using-the-best-data-possible-we-set-out-to-find-the-middle-of-nowhere/
https://apnews.com/article/52fbb4f78e434bc3a17cac43296731ea
https://www.wpr.org/report-population-decline-wisconsins-rural-counties-getting-worse
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11111-017-0288-9
https://www.amazon.com/Hollowing-Out-Middle-Rural-America/dp/0807006149/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Hollowing+out+the+middle%3A+The+rural+brain+drain+and+what+it+means+for+America.&qid=1628142099&sr=8-1
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/567613-census-rural-america-shrinks-as-people-flock-to-big-cities
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/05/24/real-surprisingly-comforting-reason-rural-america-is-doomed-decline/

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