(Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)You know it’s presidential campaign season when all the candidates start making pilgrimages to small towns in Iowa and New Hampshire. According to the New York Times, “Rural America never recovered from the Great Recession of 2008.” In many ways, it just hastened what had already been a steady decline. Despite the pilgrimages by politicians looking for votes and photo ops every four years, solutions that would help address the issues of Rural America remain nonexistent. “Mayberry” was the fictional small town on the Andy Griffith show. Today, Olin is a good example of the struggles happening in many small towns in America.

Source: New York Times July 09, 2023 10:06 UTC