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Comment by jmoak3

You don't need to wonder. Look to Japan for the broad strokes: property in cities will still have value while rural areas fall into decay.

In more words: young people will crowd into cities in order to meet other young people and find work, while aged areas descend into irrelevance and whatever this is: [1]

Due to this, Greater Tokyo now contains 1/3rd the population of Japan[2]. While you can find a number of articles claiming it's cheap compared to metros in other countries, or horrifically expensive[3][4], whichever it may be it is certainly better than what's in [1].

[1] https://unusualplaces.org/nagoro-a-creepy-japanese-village-w...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area

[3] https://www.reuters.com/markets/asia/surging-tokyo-property-...

[4] https://www.businessinsider.com/america-build-like-tokyo-hou...

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