Smaller areas have less hospitals and defense contractors. Nurses and Welders will be affected from the move too unless they already line something up.

Yep. I come from a rural area and my hometown has little to offer to nurses or welders. Be prepared for both a long commute and high chance of needing to switch to a different (likely longer) commute periodically to be able to stay employed without becoming hostage to a crappy employer. This is why all the young people (including myself) end up moving out and why the town is approaching being entirely elderly.

The countryside gets romanticized a lot but reality is not so rosy.