On Demography and Jobs and (not being in) Cities

Rural schools have a problem; they're trying to educate kids for jobs that don't generally appear in the rural world at all. This problem is not getting better. Why High-Tech Companies Are Moving to the City - WSJ.com

For as long as many of us can remember, high-tech industries have flourished in the suburban office parks that are so ubiquitous in Silicon Valley, North Carolina's Research Triangle and other "nerdistans." But in recent years, high-tech has been taking a decidedly urban turn.

I've written about this before, in the local context, at Mistakes By TjM: Upstate NY Demographics and School Consolidation

This is a doom-and-gloom post. Well, not really. But partly. It's not obvious that school consolidation would actually contribute to the solution, but there really is a problem. Let's look at it.

And I added a bit at Mistakes By TjM: Consolidation and "Hollowing Out the Middle". But it's worth noting that things are keeping on keeping on, which is what they will do until they don't.