> Do you like having drinkable water in your house and not having piles of trash on the sidewalks These are poor examples. Privately-owned water systems and tr

> Do you like having drinkable water in your house and not having piles of trash on the sidewalks These are poor examples. Privately-owned water systems and trash collection are both very common, at least in the United States. Where I live now, both are city services. Where I lived immediately before, both were private. > move 100 miles out of a metropolitan area. Just don't complain about having no roads, no water, internet, electricity or access to the hospital when you need it most. Most houses in rural areas of the United States have perfectly adequate roads, have a private well, and get their electricity from a rural electric cooperative. Internet was tough, but Starlink has mostly solved that.