> I want low density. That's fine, but lower density requires lower level of service: narrower roads, some gravel, etc. > I'm willing to pay for these roads

> I want low density. That's fine, but lower density requires lower level of service: narrower roads, some gravel, etc. > I'm willing to pay for these roads I'm not saying that it's impossible that you wpuld want to spend that much, but you couldn't possibly know if you live in the US, because you've never paid for it. I don't mean to suggest that you're in the wrong for taking resources someone has dangled in front of you for something that looks nice; the malpractice lies with the people who designed and perpetuate those systems. But those systems are sucking rural places dry and preventing the creation of new urban places.