> drive 15 miles to the grocery store and back, Okay, but you're inventing a strawman there, since there are millions of places to live that are far closer tha

> drive 15 miles to the grocery store and back, Okay, but you're inventing a strawman there, since there are millions of places to live that are far closer than 15 miles away from basic services. The outskirts of Massena for instance, are about 2 miles from Walmart. > whoever is The Employer in that region - if you lose your job there, you're fucked The article is specifically about how with a low cost of living you don't even need full time work. It's not about moving to a company town to work a 9-5 at a factory. > a city get some federal funding for electric or hybrid transit busses that will serve several thousand people a day I mean, they most definitely do get that federal funding -- this fiscal year there is $1.5 billion available. Here's[0] last fiscal year's winners. But I assume the meaning of your comment is that it bothers you that someone somewhere complained about that fact? I doubt it's the rural folks complaining, probably car drivers in the city complaining that the money didn't all go to fixing the potholes, the same cranks who complain about bike lanes, etc. It is interesting how this proposal that people even just consider rural living as a thought experiment seems to have triggered a lot of people. If you love the city yet simultaneously think it's too expensive, other people opening their minds to living somewhere else is good for you. It doesn't have to be for you for it to be an okay idea. [0] https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/fy24-fta-bus-and-low-and-no-emission-grant-awards https://www.transit.dot.gov/funding/grants/fy24-fta-bus-and-...