Not everyone wants to move away; some are happier remaining close to home, and factories/agriculture/mining gave them stability. It isn’t just rural; Ypsilanti, Flint and other MI communities (for example) have suffered due to car plant closures. Residents still have civic pride tho.
Life doesn't hand everything over on a silver platter. This is the kind of entitlement im talking about - that expectation that everything has to line up for oneself, or somebody failed one. That's not how our country was built. It's part of our cultural deterioration that has led us to here.