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Ever see a tiny liberal arts college and wonder how they're keeping their doors open? Me too. In this episode we cover the impact that America's vanishing colleges has on rural America. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/countyseats/message

What does it mean to be rural? What happens when that definition breaks down, and what happens when things change? A dive into some research papers I found on reclassification of counties and how the phenomenon paints an unfairly dim picture of rural America. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/countyseats/message

Welcome back to County Seats, where we're learning about the U-S-of-A one county at a time! This episode pokes at the difference between visiting for the sake of visiting, and seeking out the worst places to gawk at ...and the grey area between the two. This grey area is where anyone that has collected counties or enjoyed urbex/rurex adventures encounters The Temptation. The temptation to get joy from poverty and ruin. To get giddy when coming across a beautiful building falling in on itself without considering that someone actually still lives there. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/countyseats/message

County Seats explores the intersection of technology and progress with the roads less traveled.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/countyseats/message