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A new report by the finds that smaller towns depend more on shrinking 鈥渙ld-economy jobs鈥� than their urban counterparts.
authored the study.
鈥淥hio has more manufacturing jobs than the nation as whole as a state, and an awful lot of those are concentrated in small towns. Very importantly, the proportion of manufacturing-related jobs in small towns is nearly double that of the eight major urban areas in Ohio.鈥�
Begala says that smaller towns do not receive the same attention because their economies, commerce and culture are overshadowed by larger tcities.
The report finds that these small towns have a lower percentage of people either working or actively seeking work, lower per-pupil spending and higher teen pregnancy rates.
