The social capital has been drained out of rural America. We can fix that.

1 points by thstart ↗ HN
http://blog.tradersheadstart.com/2009/08/new-broadband-infrastructure-projects.html

"We can restore economic vitality to underserved areas that for decades have not had the benefit of this IT knowledge base," says MAIN's Bowen. "People like [Microsoft cofounder] Bill Gates and others in Silicon Valley are bright people, but they had access to social capital to incubate and nurture them. The social capital has been drained out of rural America for several decades now. We can fix that."

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