One of the benefits to living in the age of the Internet and high speed service is that there are a number of jobs that can be done from anywhere. The job that I currently have is one of those. This is part of the reason that our move back to Putnam County was predicated on the ability of my husband to get a job around here.
This past weekend at the sports park, I met a man who was pushing his twin daughters around the trail. After engaging him in come conversation, I found out that he and his wife had lived in Indianapolis, but had moved out here because they had jobs where they worked from home. They didn't see any reason to live in the city when they could enjoy the quality of life that the country offered.
I would like to see some data about the number of people who work from home who live in Putnam County. Obviously, many people work at the local factories or commute to Indianapolis, Terre Haute, or one of the other nearby cities, but I imagine that there is a growing number of people who, like me, work from home.
The ramifications of this include: this county needs better, more reliable internet service and more stores that are open 24 hours. If you work from home, you can usually make your own schedule. I know that I often work at night, when most people are asleep.
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