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> If we keep having to subsidise these areas because it is uneconomical to build infrastructure there, and most new technologies require infrastructure developm

> If we keep having to subsidise these areas because it is uneconomical to build infrastructure there, and most new technologies require infrastructure development, does it really make sense for people to keep living there? Do you like to eat? You can't run a farm inside a city. You also can't run a farm alone, so there needs to be a community and infrastructure around those farms.

Eridrus 8y ago
Most of these communities are not farming communities, most farms are huge multi-million dollar enterprises that do not need a broadband subsidy, food can be imported, there's a whole market for paying people for the food they produce, etc. This isn't about food nor farmers.
- lylecubed 8y ago
  You don't live in rural NY, do you? I do. Most of my extended family are farmers. Cows and corn as far as the eye can see up here.
  - bradleyjg 8y ago
    > You don't live in rural NY, do you? No, I just pay for their welfare while they are busy voting for Republicans.
    - dang 8y ago
      Please don't post partisan flamebait to HN.
    - lylecubed 8y ago
      You know nothing.
      - dang 8y ago
        Please don't post personal attacks to HN, regardless of how little someone knows. Maybe you don't owe them better, but you do owe the community better. The container is fragile here.