Comments on: Note to Rural Legislators: All Your Base are Belong to Us http://megafrontier.com/2010/03/note-to-rural-legislators-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us/ Urban life in Western America Sat, 19 May 2012 07:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://megafrontier.com/2010/03/note-to-rural-legislators-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-134 admin Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:25:40 +0000 http://megafrontier.com/?p=712#comment-134 Indeed, you are right Scott. I only ask the same in return. The Boise-Nampa MSA produces 50% of Idaho's GDP but even urban legislators like Mike Moyle and Clifford Bayer routinely vote against the interest of the cities. Without us producing wealth, there is no infrastructure for our rural friends to even continue their existence. Indeed, you are right Scott. I only ask the same in return. The Boise-Nampa MSA produces 50% of Idaho’s GDP but even urban legislators like Mike Moyle and Clifford Bayer routinely vote against the interest of the cities. Without us producing wealth, there is no infrastructure for our rural friends to even continue their existence.

]]> By: Scott Nicholson http://megafrontier.com/2010/03/note-to-rural-legislators-all-your-base-are-belong-to-us/comment-page-1/#comment-133 Scott Nicholson Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:35:53 +0000 http://megafrontier.com/?p=712#comment-133 Interesting and reality I suppose, but not all good comes from in migration to urban areas. We often talk in generalities about things we perceive as good or better, but there is one reality to consider. People who work the farms and communities built outside of urban areas also have a sense of community and connection to the earth that grounds us as a nation. They are a very valuable part of who we are collectively. There is always some gamesmanship in politics to be sure. But at the end of the day, our connection to our past as an agrarian society is not a bad thing and we need not forget those of us who are still in the rural areas. Interesting and reality I suppose, but not all good comes from in migration to urban areas. We often talk in generalities about things we perceive as good or better, but there is one reality to consider. People who work the farms and communities built outside of urban areas also have a sense of community and connection to the earth that grounds us as a nation. They are a very valuable part of who we are collectively.

There is always some gamesmanship in politics to be sure. But at the end of the day, our connection to our past as an agrarian society is not a bad thing and we need not forget those of us who are still in the rural areas.

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