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Rural poverty, rust, and empty towns across rural Iowa to Missouri
Guest columnist Art Cullen surveys rural decline from Jonesboro Arkansas to Poplar Bluff Missouri and northern Iowa. He notes shrinking popuation, shuttered downtowns such as Pomeroy, a lone Byron's Bar, aging farmsteads, and a county prison as a major local employer. He argues for practical policies to prop up rural cultural assets in northwest Iowa.
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Iowa
Mark Twain National Forest
Jonesboro
Ark
Ozarks
Poplar Bluff
Arkansas
South Dakota
Colorado
Kansas
New Orleans