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Rural North Dakota Faces Decline of Farms and Communities
A reader reflects on industrial farming eroding rural life in the Midwest. He cites bar and elevator closures, shrinking farmer numbers, and fading social networks, fearing long term depopulation and a lost sense of place. He compares policy gaps to Europe and invites reader responses to Countryside in Rapid City.
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