Source: Michael Cooper, NEWS & OBSERVER, 4/6/18


Ask the guests on NC Spin, the Institute for Emerging Issues or last week’s News & Observer forum, “What’s the greatest issue facing North Carolina?” They’ll tell you, “It’s the rural-urban divide.”And they’re right. North Carolina is a microcosm of a country moving in opposite directions — growing cities and forgotten small-towns — as Wake and Mecklenburg enjoy a metropolitan revolution while rural counties lose population...

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