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Read the article here.
My favorite part of the article
The article then goes on to mention the plan has been an early success. I do wonder if the good Professor has ever traveled west of the Garden State.
My favorite part of the article
"If the town doesn't have much to offer in the first place - pretty much the definition of a declining town - this approach is unlikely to make any difference. It sounds like a desperation move: 'Please, pretty please come live in our town,'" said Frank Popper, an urban studies professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Popper, who spent years studying Plains population decline, said similar programs have been tried in North Dakota, Minnesota and South Dakota, "but I haven't heard that there have been many takers or noticeable results."
The article then goes on to mention the plan has been an early success. I do wonder if the good Professor has ever traveled west of the Garden State.