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There might be a few things you need from rural areas like food, energy, water, a place to put your trash, raw materials and warehouse space. The people that li
by briHass 5y ago
There might be a few things you need from rural areas like food, energy, water, a place to put your trash, raw materials and warehouse space. The people that live out there, work in those places. One might argue that urban areas are far more dependent on rural areas than the other way around.
- reportingsjr 5y agoYeah, no, not around here. Most people in rural areas aren't working on farms, the landfills aren't that far out, almost all of the warehouses are closer in to where the majority of people live, the water comes from the city (there are multiple water treatment plants that draw from the river maybe a mile from downtown and send water out to suburbs/exurbs), etc etc etc. You're talking about jobs and uses <10% of people in rural areas are actually doing. The majority of people are instead commuting 40+ minutes in to denser areas where there jobs are. On the other hand, all I hear is propaganda about why cities are awful places and why exurbs/rural areas are so amazing. I'm tired of huge chunks of my money getting pulled away from where I live to subsidize people living these unhealthy, expensive lifestyles.
- CameronNemo 5y agoThe vast majority of agricultural workers are seasonal migrants. Energy workers are typically seasonal too, at least for fossil fuel extraction. Refineries are typically close to the cities. How much human labor is required to "produce" water? Seems like gravity does most of the work there.
- i_am_proteus 5y agoNo number of seasonal workers obviates the needs of the non-season workers. And seasonal workers still live near the job for a whole season. I figure the folks who pick my vegetables ought have internet, same as they ought get paid fair for the work.