Ben Winchester: Rewriting the Rural Narrative I am a glass-full kind of guy, especially when it comes to what is happening across our rural communities. The dominant narrative of doom, gloom, demise, and death is based largely on stereotypes or trends that happened to our towns over a half century (or more) ago. That is, our kids keep leaving, hollowing out our undesirable towns and leaving only graying residents to fend for themselves in the …