‘Cancelling the Countryside’: Shooting Clubs, Gun Shops ‘Treated Like Criminals’ in Debanking Scandal
Shooting businesses including gun shops and clubs have blown the whistle on their treatment at the hands of cancel-happy banks.
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Rural Maryland Couple Fined Nearly $5K for Pet Rooster’s Morning Crowing
A rural Maryland couple is facing nearly $5,000 in fines because of their pet rooster’s early morning crowing.
Macron Proposes Repopulating Rural Areas with Migrants
French president Emmanuel Macron has proposed creating a bill next year to reform France’s immigration and asylum policies, including a proposal to redistribute migrants to rural areas facing demographic decline.
South Korea: Pandemic Lockdowns Drive Major City Exodus to Farming Villages
The number of South Korean families that moved from “urban areas to farming villages” reached an “all-time high” last year, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday, noting that the phenomenon came in response to prolonged pandemic restrictions and surging home prices nationwide.
New Era of Remote Workers Spawns Domestic Migration as Small Towns Offer Financial, Other Incentives
The coronavirus created remote workers, and now small American towns are offering cash and other incentives to selected new residents.
French Rural Areas see ‘Explosion’ Of Delinquency and Violence
A town mayor has warned of the growing problems with delinquency, violence and drug dealing and has called on the government to do more.
China Bans Rural Weddings and Funerals over Uncontrolled Coronavirus Outbreak
Rural governments in China are banning funerals and weddings to contain a recent spread of the Chinese coronavirus across northern provinces including Hebei, which surrounds the national capital, Beijing, the South China Morning Post reported Tuesday.
Rural Italian Villages Selling Houses For One Dollar to Attract New Residents
A pair of Italian villages have begun a new plan to revitalise their communities by offering those who would like to move there homes for as little as one euro ($1.10) as long as the buyers devote time to making
