Agricultural Economics Department
Cornhusker Economics
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Cornhusker Economics, November 15, 2017, agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics
Date of this Version
11-15-2017
Document Type
Article
Citation
Cornhusker Economics, November 15, 2017, agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics
Abstract
Members of the rural development industry have long debated the existence of a "Best" community size in which to invest resources successfully. Some places, it is argued, are simply too small to attract the businesses and population required for sustained development. Population trends of the last 50 years seem to support this notion, since every rural regions and communities have consistently lost population while larger places have grown by serving as regional trade centers.
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