“The Economist” magazine has a one page article “The Great Plains Drain”, page 35 of the January 19th, 2008 issue (also found on their website http://www.economist.com/, heading “United States”, section “Depopulation”).
This is an article on the continuing loss of population from the rural areas to the urban areas (The mass exodus from the farms over the past generations). The article uses Cheyenne County, CO as an example case of an area spanning from the Canadian border deep into Texas. A colored US Map accompanies the article graphically showing the hardest hit regions.
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10534077
U.S. News & World Report – http://www.usnews.com/ – November 12, 2007 issue. “How to Make a Killing in Small Town America” “Small Business Watch” by David LaGesse
A short article about a former Kansan who returns to Plainville, Kansas to establish the home office of a nation wide business.
http://www.usnews.com/articles/business/small-business-entrepreneurs/2007/11/01/how-to-make-a-killing-in-small-town-america.html
“Wind: The power. The promise. The business.”
Business Week issue July 7, 2008 by Steve Hamm
Wind Farms: whether you are for or against – this is a must read article about Kansas.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_27/b4091046392398.htm?chan=magazine+channel_in+depth
“There Will Be Water” by Susan Berfield in Business Week issue June 23, 2008. On page 40 “Is Water the New Oil?”
About T. Boone Pickens buying the water rights in the Ogallala Aquifer in the panhandle of Texas.
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_25/b4089040017753.htm?chan=magazine+channel_top+stories
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