The towns in the West with economies based on tourism are thriving and those based on agriculture or mining have been dying for years. It shows up quite dramatically in voting patterns in a state like Colorado. All of the resort towns counties like Aspen and Telluride are solid blue and the non-tourist counties are red.
Aspen had over 5,000 people in the the 1890s but by the 1930s and 1940s there were only about 700. It was on its way to dying out until someone came up with the idea to build a ski lift.
You are clueless..Many towns in the west based on agriculture and mining are thriving....I live in one...Why do you speak with conviction about things you know nothing about?
People are moving to rural places in the west that have some natural amenities - mountains, rivers, lakes and outdoor recreation of some kind. People are not moving there to work on a farm or in a mine.
Aren’t small towns in the middle of nowhere dying everywhere?
My mom grew up in a Belton which had 10,000 people but it’s near a bigger town Temple and only an hour from Austin and I assume is doing just fine now especially with explosion of Austin. But I’m curious why it existed in first place but are lots of little town like that.
Its also on i35 .
but the town above is in middle of nowhere. Not easy to get to by any means of transportation unless you’ve got a private plane.
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