SOSC 311

Global Markets Rural areas were originally settled because of their proximity to natural resources. Resource extraction such as logging, mining, agricultural production, fishing, etc. are industries in which most rural people were employed. Many of these jobs were considered unskilled and they often did not have very high pay. As these extractive industries have declined, rural areas have had to shift their economic focus. Some areas have attrac

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