your dependence on so called ‘amenities’ tells me you are sift and will not survive when things go bad (and they already are).
Oh no we don’t have a call center or an internet business oh how awful. Particularly since most of those got shipped to India long ago.
You act as if no one can even get to the Appalachia… what a joke. Tourism is in every state that runs its spine. Delivery services exist through out… and it shows you might have walked the width of the trail but that is all.
Stay in the city we don’t want you
And thank you for your post. I measure civilization by the number of people stopping at the 4-way stop. Often we will just sit there and gesture while nobody goes. In contrast I get to drive to the suburbs and work near the city where they literally step over corpses on the way in and out of the store.
The fewer “services” the better. All I want locally is for the roads to be maintained and plowed. Hell, I want to ditch the 5 or 6 streetlights my town has.
I don’t understand your hostility.
I have relevant experience on the matters we are discussing.
I am commenting on the point re amenities and transport because this really does affect economic growth and potential.
I have seen these effects in the third world (raised lots of money for farm to market road nets), and even large parts of California.
Build a road and they will come is not usually a false statement.
Tourist amenities are likewise. You can have the worlds prettiest beach but only some of the hardy will actually want to stay in the local grass shacks and use the outhouse.
Fine, those people aren’t “survivors”, but they are customers.
As for call centers, there are plenty in the US, I have contracted with several. And contracted with home based phone support systems too.