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Originally Posted by DJ's left nut
Those rural economies are so insular, though.
They have nominal impact on the greater Missouri economy and shuttering them early would be brutal in those areas, where they're truly not equipped for it.
And let's not ignore the elephant in the room which is drug abuse in rural areas. I mentioned it with Sauto previously but until you kinda occupy the space a little, you don't understand how insidious it is in smaller rural communities.
I think some of the worries that exist in more urban regions are essentially exponentially increased in rural ones. And I think the benefits of stalling are reduced a fair amount as well (as will be any adherence to the order as it stands).
I think they need a real light touch and dropping a statewide hammer when half the counties in the state haven't been impacted yet is just not the way to do it. You need to make them come to the idea, not force the idea onto them. It's the only way to get a response that matters and it's the best way to minimize negative impacts and still trying to extract some positive ones.
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I don't live out there but I am fully aware of how completely ****ed up on drugs a lot of rural communities are.