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To: Grainne who wrote (15931)	1/20/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>What do you mean by 'rural environment', Alex? My understanding of migration patterns in the United States, at least (and confirmed, anecdotally speaking, by my visits to the bucolic countryside)is that the slower pace of life in rural areas allows people who are not as intellectual or competitive to survive in surroundings that suit their temperments. < But these folk need to be physically strong. A bad heart valve or a severe allergy would likely kill a rural baby, whereas a middle-class suburban baby would get treatment. When you visit relatively poor agrarian regions without a Kaiser around the corner, the selection has already taken place early. Farmers and steelworkers can't telecommute. Maybe this is very curmudgeonly of me, but I see any job that can be done over a modem as not necessary for survival. Such jobs, while they undeniably create all sortsa wealth, are the stuff which builds culture on top of subsistence. Of course, in a hundred years, all ag and manufacturing might be done by smart machines and hobbyists. So the whole premise is all fluxed up. :-)