Rural Flight

Rural flight is the phenomenon that occurs in farming communities. As farms have become more mechanized, fewer people are needed to work them. Therefore, the children of farmers often leave for work in cities. Rural flight often depopulates towns to the point that the majority of the residents are elderly.

The Midwest and the Great Plains regions are replete with examples of rural flight. Younger people move away from the farming towns due to a lack of jobs and opportunity. This leaves many of the towns with an aging population.

by New English July 10, 2010

January Blues

This is the funk that you enter when the holiday season is over. It starts on January 2nd and lasts at least until February 1st, sometimes until President's Day. It is an unpleasant time because the holiday season is over, spring is a ways off, the weather is cold and the only movies are lousy January movies. Super Bowl Sunday can be a good cure for this condition.

For a related condition see September Blues

There are no good movies out and the holidays are long over. Some friends and I are going to play some games to help fight the January Blues.

by New English July 22, 2010

junkyard refugee

These are cars that are multicolored, looking like they have been pieced together.

One of my friends from high school had a car that had a gray hood but the rest was tan. It was a true junkyard refugee.

by New English September 12, 2010