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Originally Posted by vegasbound
I grew up there. It's gotten worse over the years. Wonderful place but I'd never move back as there are no jobs but I've seen quite a few people I graduated with slowly moving back now that they are starting to have families which is interesting
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You essentially just nailed the issue.
The reason these places are 'getting rougher' is largely because as the costs of everything rise one of the first spending items curtailed are leisure activities.
Places like the interior which depend heavily on those leisure activities tend to be hardest hit, and then people get desperate.