Ask the guests on NC Spin, the Institute for Emerging Issues or last week’s News & Observer forum, “What’s the greatest issue facing North Carolina?” They’ll tell you, “It’s the rural-urban divide.”
And they’re right. North Carolina is a microcosm of a country moving in opposite directions — growing cities and forgotten small-towns — as Wake and Mecklenburg enjoy a metropolitan revolution while rural counties lose population and their way of life.
The News & Observer’s Community Voices forum rightly discussed opportunities for investment, and Governor Cooper’s Hometown Strong is a welcomed means of streamlining economic development in rural areas.But we […]
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