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...gone the traditional small-town-to-big-city route. (In the 1980s, by contrast, rural areas suffered a net loss of 1.4 million people.) Thanks to the newcomers, 75% of the nation's rural counties are growing again after years of decline. Some towns are even booming, with high-tech industrial parks and bustling downtowns in which refurbished storefronts boast serious restaurants and community theaters, ubiquitous brew pubs and coffee bars. Inevitably, a cottage industry is springing up to service the newcomers. At least four recent books promise to teach cityfolk how to find the village of their dreams (Moving...
...trend, which began in the back-to-nature '70s but stalled in the '80s, has roared back because of powerful technological forces that are decentralizing the American economy. The Internet and the overnight-shipping boom are enabling high-tech industries once tied to urban centers to settle in the countryside, creating jobs for skilled workers almost anywhere. There's a software-design company in Bolivar, Mo. (pop. 6,845); a big computer maker in North Sioux City, S.D. (pop. 2,019); a major catalog retailer in Dodgeville, Wis. (pop. 3,882), all attracting people who want to live in places...
...Force base on the outskirts of town into its national hub, and the sleepy town's fortunes were changed. Before Airborne, the unemployment rate was 9.8%; two-thirds of Wilmington High School graduates had to leave to find work. But after years of double-digit growth at Airborne, high-tech firms like Technicolor are moving to town to take advantage of Airborne's easy access to world markets. Unemployment is now less than...
GETTING INFO-TECH OFF THE GROUND A Bethesda company finds a hard-wired niche...
...Money Daily takes a look at one measure in particular: the NASDAQ, battered by turmoil in the semiconductor industry. A tech slump may be here to stay...