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As long as Americans consider themselves entitled to city-like services wherever they can clear land to build a house, there’s going to be a problem. Most mode
by MandieD 4y ago
As long as Americans consider themselves entitled to city-like services wherever they can clear land to build a house, there’s going to be a problem.
Most modern rural Americans are not active participants in agriculture, which was the case back when the federal government originally subsidized rural electrification. It’s a lifestyle decision for a large portion of the current rural population, and one that those of us who accepted smaller houses or apartments with little to no land generously subsidize with our similar electric rates and low fuel taxes.
- noahtallen 4y agoWhat exactly do you mean? If you mean electricity or internet, I’d have to disagree. It’s important for those to be universal. Water, sewage, or gas, I could kind of understand. But in rural areas, you dig a well, use a septic tank, and have a propane tank. Not relying on city infra. For services like hospitals or restaurants, rural areas don’t have great access to those. It doesn’t feel like there is a problem in general like you describe.