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I feel like living in such a town would be very depressing.
Can confirm. Most of my state is like this.
This gave me big flashbacks of where I grew up. It was great as a kid, a ton of urban exploration opportunities, but I wouldn't want to live there now.
You don't know any different until you move out.
Except the internet has changed that to some degree (but definitely not entirely)
you're assuming the town has internet fast enough to load more than a few pictures of the outside world per decade
Depends on the specific town. Some still have some life left, others are dead.
Why do you think the opioid epidemic hit small town USA so hard?
Small town USA fuckin sucks.