Can Tech Save Small Town America? 219
theodp writes "Declaring that small town life no longer has to be separate from financial success thanks to technology, Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos told North Dakota state officials to take hope in people such as Napster's Shawn Fanning. Interesting remarks, considering that Fanning conceived Napster in small-town Boston and the jobs Amazon's brought to rural areas don't exactly scream financial success."
Yeah but... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Small-town ISP's, call centers, etc. (Score:2, Funny)
Wisconsin
This must be an example of that high communication ability dada was referring to. : p
Re:Yeah but... (Score:3, Funny)
Well, I think the real problem with and Amish SysAdmin is that its pretty hard to admin a machine without buttons
Re:Bloomington, IN (Score:2, Funny)
Of course neither is a small town. Unless you consider 69k for Bloomington small....
Re:Cultural Capital Issues (Score:2, Funny)
Hopefully they'll ram a pitchfork through the city slicker who comes into town chock full of ignorant stereotypes.