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There are plenty of rural poor, but providing services to them is logistically difficult.
by cozzyd 4y ago
There are plenty of rural poor, but providing services to them is logistically difficult.
- judge2020 4y agoBut there tend to be fewer rural poor per-capita compared to rural middle/upper class per-capita, which is why election maps tend to show blocks of blue in metro areas with red elsewhere.
- cozzyd 4y agoIncome and voting patterns are much less correlated than other factors. Income differences do not explain the rural-urban divide. The highest income counties in the US are... not red.
- troyvit 4y agoI wonder if churches take up the slack of providing social services in rural areas, increasing their sway in rural communities ...