It is the exact reason I chose to live in a water rich part of the country/world. I live in an arid area for awhile and to me it just seemed like a death trap,

It is the exact reason I chose to live in a water rich part of the country/world. I live in an arid area for awhile and to me it just seemed like a death trap, your life is nearly 100% dependent on local infrastructure operating correctly and what little water resources you have not being bought up and sucked up by some large corporation to grow and sell some specialty crop.