`` Heart Land And The Rural South Exodus `` By Patrick...

Imagine walking down main street in a small town, you notice that there are many unique store in which you have never come across. After walking into countless stores you are starting to notice that they all have one thing in common. What possibly could all these diverse stores have in common, they all have a 12† by 10† sign with white lettering and red background saying Help Wanted. In â€Å" Heart Land and the Rural South Exodus† by Patrick Carr and Maria Kefalas, your able get the chance in knowing how much rural areas are in danger. In this paper I will argue that thriving small business are going to eventually be in danger persuaded by Carr and Kefalas of triple threat explained by Carr and Kefals, small business owners facing the†¦show more content†¦We need to be aware that by people leaving the rural areas the shops we love the most may not be there the next time we come back to that town. Comparing Buffalo’s downtown to where it is now t o 10 years ago, its looks completely different. Due to the small business being foreclosed, we are not turning into very healthy downtown. But the stores that we still have we need to take advantage of them because you never know how long they will be there for. Rural areas through the country are facing the triple threat, the biggest defeat that can ever happen. Triple threat consist of three of the biggest fears that any company, rural community would ever want to face. Carr and Kefalas persuade small business owners, farmers and ranchers, and communities, that they aren t the only ones facing the fear. â€Å" No one would deny that finding work in today’s countryside means facing a triple threat: a failing farm and factory-based economy, rising unemployment, and shrinking wages and benefit† ( Carr and Kefalas 21). As a citizen for rural area, I am noticing are town is slowly getting hit by the triple threat. Generation farms are having to shut down, due to the low f inical income that is coming. Each day goes by, there is a increases of â€Å" Help Wanted† signs being put into the windows of a small thriving business. Creating business to have to shut down earlier due to low employment, not being able to work long hours. Which in the long run creates a finical burden, due