tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post5933167159695777998..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: Reality Will Trump DisneyK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-44331375014165542792021-05-10T05:57:23.391-07:002021-05-10T05:57:23.391-07:00One other point I'd like to make, after lookin...One other point I'd like to make, after looking up Yazoo City:<br /><br />It looks like they have the same problem as the majority of small towns in the US. They were originally created because agriculture used to need a lot of manual labor, and also needed to be done out in the countryside where there was a lot of land. The agriculture is still going on around them, but agriculture has become so mechanized that they no longer need anywhere near as many people to do it. And now, the town has very little reason to exist, or at least not exist at that scale. <br /><br />And as for finding something else for people there to do, the location really has nothing much to offer. Any business starting there would be far from their customers, would have no particularly advantageous raw materials, and would be far from suppliers of materials and services. And of course there is no kind of skilled workforce because anyone with any skills would have been among the 22% of the population that moved away in the last 20 years. It isn't even a transportation hub. Jackson, 50 miles down the road, is more attractive in all respects. <br /><br />And so, on the Wikipedia page under "economy", the only thing they list is the Yazoo City Federal Correctional Complex. Because the only thing the city really has to offer is a remote location with cheap land. And a population that is in no position to complain about living next door to a prison. <br /><br />Their problems aren't primarily due to moral failings. They are mostly due to being in the wrong place, and lacking either the will or the means to go somewhere else. <br />tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-18137515190496348162021-05-09T11:38:54.077-07:002021-05-09T11:38:54.077-07:00Did everyone see the latest game show: Spot the Ra...Did everyone see the latest game show: Spot the Racist?<br /><br />https://www.newsobserver.com/news/nation-world/national/article251155024.htmlMostly Nothinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07511731036581746798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-12884149613363146122021-05-09T10:36:24.602-07:002021-05-09T10:36:24.602-07:00Or even just take the blinds down?
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