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As you define what is brain drain and what are its long-reaching effects on rural communities, I see it as the major losses in revenue, resources, (and even people), that impact rural communities. Since I am from a rural area originally, the state of West Virginia, I firsthand know that many of my peers and I left that impoverished, isolated region for bigger cities and states in order to attend schools, find jobs, and have better access to more resources and cultural venues.

Research also shows that brain ...

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