The real sharing economy doesn’t require apps, just kindness

Grist
By Sam BlissMay 29, 2015, 1:56 pm266 pts
Small town Americans probably laugh at the urban fad called the sharing economy. In depressed rural areas, folks share simply because it makes sense and feels right. At Jim’s Market in Lind, Wash. — one of two businesses still open in the once-thriving small town’s dozen or so storefronts — an elderly…

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