Word: ruralization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Given the initial communications void, there was no way of knowing how many casualties had occurred in Mexico's rural areas. But scattered damage was reported from the coastal states of Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco and Michoacan. These were close to the epicenter, which geologists located offshore near the border between Michoacan and Guerrero, some 200 miles southwest of Mexico City. Fortunately, the affected states are sparsely populated, and their rocky underpinnings provided some resistance to the tremors. Still, at least 150 people were reported killed in Jalisco and 30 in Michoacan, where two hotels were leveled at the resort...
...killer quake could not have chosen a more vulnerable target. Mexico City is at the heart of the world's most populous metropolitan area. Some 18 million people, a fourth of the nation's inhabitants, are jammed into a mere 890 sq. mi., or roughly 1% of the predominantly rural country's land area. By one estimate, nearly a third of all families in Mexico City huddle together in a single room--and the average family has five members...
...hundred and ten years ago on a pair of rural greens, a small group of strong people--the Minutemen--took it upon themselves to alter the course of history...
...whatever the reason, the question must be addressed: What does a rural revival mean...
...this is real rural life, I mused, as a family wearing overalls ambled by on all fours...