It’s weird watching it happen to whole states. Back when I was a kid I watched the folks just a little older than me all leave my shit town. The old people bitched because there was no one to do the shit work at the plant anymore. But they opposed anything that would make the town attractive for younger adults to stay. So the only ones that did were the ones in too much poverty to leave and the ones making meth to sell to those people.
They voted to keep the county dry. They voted no to bars with private memberships. No jobs except for the gas station, waiting tables, or breaking your body at the plant for minimum wage. Any social activities got run out of town by the churches (even the skate park). All they had for teens was to sit in a field and get drunk or do drugs. But why the hell is everyone leaving?!?