> I live in a semi-rural area that's close to a high-income metro and there's always been a constant stream of people retiring from city life to go live in the

> I live in a semi-rural area that's close to a high-income metro and there's always been a constant stream of people retiring from city life to go live in the "country" and farm, in most cases they have savings or other income and only sell their produce to offset some of the cost of production or just because they are proud of their produce. Not to mention that there are numerous ways to shelter savings from taxes by having a bare-minimum farm.