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One of biggest problems facing Fayette County is the fact that many of our local college graduates move elsewhere after graduation for a number of reasons. Is there anything that can be done to try and keep more of our local college graduates from moving? Do you think most kids who grow up here would stay if they could? Or is this area a big part of the problem?

“Instead of courting more medical facilities, gas wells and shopping centers, the county needs to be courting higher paying technical options for college graduates. The rest will come because they will demand services. The drug problems are a direct result of the easy access to prescription drugs. Heroin and meth addiction happen because they’re cheaper and more easily acquired than opiate prescriptions. Citizens need to start looking for affordable residential and out patient drug treatment facilities.”

“No jobs.”

“I blame the angry, brain dead, adult baby bigots. That’s why I moved out of Fayette County.”

“There are no jobs. You pay all that money and end up working some minimum-wage or call-center job. Plus it’s not about your qualifications here. It’s about who you know.”

“I moved away because, while I could find a job in the Uniontown area, the wages pale in comparison to what could be found elsewhere. I’m not even going to begin to offer an idea of how to improve that, because I’m not aware enough of those variables to offer an opinion.”

“They need more, closer colleges for more fields. It’s exhausting for someone to drive an hour or longer to college.”

“I moved away after college and would love to move back, but there’s no way I could. There are no jobs. The world is changing, and the whole of southwestern Pennsylvania is going to have to change with it to be an option. Technology and engineering jobs aren’t a fad. They’re going to keep growing.”

“Take a survey of where people are moving, and look at what’s there. It’s easy to see what’s missing.”

“The growing acceptance of telecommuting may allow future college grads to stay around, though they’ll likely at least head to Washington and Allegheny County to be closer to the airport, because travel is a must when you telecommute.”

“There is nothing here. Most things that move in here are stores, fast food places, restaurants and things like that, nothing that even pays wages that you can live on, at least not by yourself.”

“This problem has been going on for decades. Fayette County is a beautiful place to live. But there is no employment opportunity.”

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