Hacker News with Generative AI: Rural America

Trump plan to fund Musk's Starlink over fiber called "betrayal" of rural US (arstechnica.com)
A federal broadband official departed the US government with a warning that a Trump administration plan will strand rural Americans with worse Internet access in order to help Elon Musk secure public money for Starlink.
Politics, Telecommunications, Rural America, Elon Musk, Space Exploration
26 points by throw0101a 20 days ago | 10 comments
The affordable housing shortage is reshaping parts of rural America (nbcnews.com)
A surge in home prices over the past several years is pushing homebuyers further out from city centers with big implications for America's small towns.
Housing, Real Estate, Rural America, Economics
24 points by PaulHoule 111 days ago | 52 comments
The Crushing Power of Corporate Meat (nytimes.com)
It’s no secret that rural Americans are angry with the Washington elite. Less discussed are some of the sensible reasons for it. For far too long, family farms have been crushed under the monopolistic power of Big Ag. And for decades, politicians from both parties either turned a blind eye to the oligopolies that rule over rural America — or climbed right into bed with them.
Agriculture, Politics, Economics, Rural America
4 points by aguaviva 187 days ago | 1 comments
Rural Americans are dying younger, living less healthy lives, report reveals (studyfinds.org)
LOS ANGELES — For many Americans, moving to the country is a lifelong dream to finally escape the stress of busy city life. Unfortunately, a new study warns that people opting for “the simple life” of rural America are actually living shorter lives.
Rural America, Health, Demographics, Social Issues, Lifespan
32 points by Brajeshwar 192 days ago | 37 comments