I regularly scout our local jobs site, called Platsbanken, you never know - they might be looking for a computer geek with no “official” papers…

Every single time it’s a let down, not just because they aren’t specifically looking for me, but that it’s empty - not like the San Francisco jobs site sanfransiscogigs.com. I know, I know SF’s like 200 times bigger than this puny village - but anyhow, we need opportunities here too if the town is going to survive.

We have a negative trend here, even if a lot of people move back when they’re about to start to raise kids.

Sadly our town/county is dying, since I moved here some seven hundred people have left (either moved or passed away)… that’s like 100 per year, and still we have sort of a baby boom here. Just by going to the “platsbanken”, it’s where the stately job center lists available jobs… let’s just say that it isn’t quite up to Boston resumes, when it comes to listings…

Luckily those that leave for college or work usually seem to move back when it’s time to raise their kids.