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lucidguppy t1_j71g6z6 wrote

We need to do several tasks.

  1. Build city/town infrastructure.

  2. Loosen regulations on building up. Build multistory units that can easily be joined together when the population starts to drop in 10-20 years.

  3. Build up internet in rural communities.

  4. Push more municipal power company formation - lower power costs.

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CostcoBrandDinosaur t1_j71qqio wrote

Unfortunately we're traveling down the more likely option 5) Do nothing, price out the middle and lower class and then watch as the region depresses in 10 to 15 years

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charons-voyage t1_j72bghx wrote

Are there actually rural communities in MA without internet? TIL wow

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tashablue t1_j72o3co wrote

Many of the hill towns in Pioneer Valley don't have cell service, let alone internet that isn't satellite.

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witteefool t1_j74x329 wrote

I believe Biden just did it again last year. They won’t take the football out from under us again, right?

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BovaDesnuts t1_j78ld2w wrote

The last house in Massachusetts to have running water got it in the 1970s.

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New_Analyst3510 t1_j72hg7p wrote

Why do we need to build up internet in rural communities I would rather not

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