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Mo.-t people receive about $lb(* Oach month from the government for their retirement pension. There are no stores in C'hasnitsy. There is no hospital. There is little to spend money on. In the winter, some people are shut-in for the duration of the season, while others stay with their children in the cities if there is room.
Delicious potatoes are grown in the village. The children of the vil- ■ lagers come to harvest the potatoes and take them to Moscow to sell. The government potatoes in the city are of poor quality, so that' the village ones are quite desirable.
The youngest person in the village is 40, an exile from the city. Most people are 00, 70, or 80. When these people go, C'hasnitsy will be gone.
There seems to be a historical trend that happens as countries industrialize. People leave the country for the cities. Cities hold out promise, opportunities, hope.
It is a terrible problem for many developing countries because the cities can't handle the droves of people leaving the countryside. A person who works with developing African nations was most interested in the active arts community here in Rappahannock. He said there must be incentives for people to stay in the villages, and a rich cultural life would help.
I believe that the growth of Rappahannock County in the last decade speaks to the fact that many people are now valving a reality larger than
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