Young Voices from the Rural Midwest

Abstract

To find out how youngsters growing up in rural communities across the Midwest see themselves, their families, friends, communities, andfutures, a team of researchers from the Rural Young Voices Project spoke with teenagersfrom three of these rural places. What they found was that despite an ambivalence about their rural experiences and a desire to move elsewhere, these young voices make the best of, value, and take joy from living in rural places.