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Can Exchange Programs Help Bridge the Urban-Rural Divide?

"The future of the 21st century exists in the space between rural and urban," according to Matthew Fluharty. Fluharty is the founder of Art of the Rural, a non-profit dedicated to supporting rural culture. "Plenty of people out there have questions about the connections between rural and urban cultures, because in their own lives, they’ve moved between the two," he added. "There are millions of people who aren’t either rural or urban, but rural-urban."

"I feel like rural areas have a sort of superpower around the ability to connect. It’s more natural to look across whatever political or social differences when you have to count on each other. And in the 21st century, when people aren’t really conditioned to connect with one another, that’s a skill everyone needs to learn."

Sarah Baird

https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/09/can-exchange-programs-help-bridge-the-urban-rural-divide/569137/

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