You're missing the point. Rural America is more expensive than urban America, and has fewer and worse quality services. Absent government subsidies for matters

You're missing the point. Rural America is more expensive than urban America, and has fewer and worse quality services. Absent government subsidies for matters such as the provision of roads and utilities, as well as programs like Medicaid that help rural Americans find health care, rural Americans would be dirt poor. I live in upstate New York. I know well the cities, the suburbs, and the rural backcountry. They are truly worlds apart.