> I see these things every day, all day. Good for you? But that's not what you said. You said that having a pickup truck, and moving 30k pounds, was "absolutel

> I see these things every day, all day. Good for you? But that's not what you said. You said that having a pickup truck, and moving 30k pounds, was "absolutely required" in rural areas. > at any of the local farms and ranches Again: Most people living in rural areas are not ranchers or farmers. The people who have unnecessarily big pickups around here range from exactly the type of "city cowboy" you describe (though, again, this is very much a rural area; the nearest Starbucks is about 45 minutes' drive away) to home-grown redneck hicks with rusty lifted pickups that I have never observed to carry anything that wouldn't easily fit in the back of my Outback. And, of course, there are a fair number of people with pickups that get good use. I'm not in any way trying to deny that there are good uses for pickups. All I'm saying is that your claim that they are absolutely required for rural living is bullshit.