ryanreynolds on Nostr: I drive around the midwest for work. The public buildings - courthouses, schools, ...

I drive around the midwest for work. The public buildings - courthouses, schools, churches, libraries - are amazing. Towns that often have less than 10,000 people.
Most peaked 60-80 years ago. Towns 10x their size couldn’t build 1/10th of what they had, and much of it is rotting away.