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Prosperity seeds take root in rural America
In Red Lake County Minnesota Sylvia Hilgeman rose from farm life to an FBI career, illustrating how rural areas nurture mobility. Economists note many low and middle income rural youths reach the middle class, often by moving to cities, with Minnesota and the upper Midwest showing high opportunity in select counties. Community networks and schools drive outcomes amid outmigration.
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Minneapolis
Sylvia Hilgeman
Red Lake County
Minnesota
Hilgeman
Sylvia
FBI
New York City
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Harvard
University of California
Ray Chetty
Stanford
Denmark
Midwest
Greg Hilgeman
Chetty
Ben Winchester
University of Minnesota Extension
Winchester
University of Minnesota