[dd_roger]

I just hope the home office trend doesn't lead to an urbanization of the countryside. I'm from a charming village that was overtaken by ugly and expensive developements during the past 20 years because people from the nearest city realised it was within commutable distance.

I die a little inside every time I see someone oneline saying "I can't wait 'till X area has better internet so I can move there", understand "I can't wait 'till X area has better internet so 10k people can have the same idea as me and turn this rural community into a city".

Now in bigger countries (the US, France, Germany, etc.) there will always be cheap rural areas left (though the most desirable areas will probably urbanize and/or become completely unafordable for workers of the primary and secondary sector) but I'm very worried for smaller countries like mine where rural areas are already sought after as of now and it's only going to get worse.

[throw14082020]

Please embrace the visitors. You share this planet with them. Your fear of losing your resources is natural, but they weren't yours to begin with.

If you still want your special benefits on Earth, well thats what politics is for.

[cumwolf]

sounds like visitors aren't the problem it's visitors who come and force an area to change to their liking, being disruptive to existing culture.

[ecf]

That’s just the nature of change at this point. I’d like to think the culture we value today wouldn’t be near what it is without prior generations moving around the planet and blending their beliefs with those of the locals.

[humanrebar]

It's tragic, yeah, but the same thing happens to different urban neighborhoods. And the resistance to this kind of transformation just limits residential option and drives up housing costs for everyone.

[ironmagma]

Only the best rural locales will see an urbanization. There is likely to always be a hierarchy to human growth since people like to be around other people, in general.