MickyDolenz said:

Graycap23 said:

Lack of choices........maybe?

People in small towns and rural areas are more likely to live a traditional life. My mom's folks are from a rural area, and I lived there too when I was little. I was there last year, and nothing's changed. You still have to literally drive 20 miles to get to a grocery store. If your house catches on fire, forget about 911, by the time the firetruck (the fire department is volunteers and don't actually stay at the station) gets there, your house will be burned down, or you will be dead if you're waiting for an ambulance. Cell phones don't work in certain areas because it's just all woods and there's no cell towers around.

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Gosh, I believe that towns should get together, and voice this. Has it been done?

angel345 said:

MickyDolenz said:

People in small towns and rural areas are more likely to live a traditional life. My mom's folks are from a rural area, and I lived there too when I was little. I was there last year, and nothing's changed. You still have to literally drive 20 miles to get to a grocery store. If your house catches on fire, forget about 911, by the time the firetruck (the fire department is volunteers and don't actually stay at the station) gets there, your house will be burned down, or you will be dead if you're waiting for an ambulance. Cell phones don't work in certain areas because it's just all woods and there's no cell towers around.

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Gosh, I believe that towns should get together, and voice this. Has it been done?

There are also a lot of poorer people who live in rural areas and corporations don't care about people with no money. Hence poor service in rural towns.

guitarslinger44 said:

angel345 said:

Gosh, I believe that towns should get together, and voice this. Has it been done?

There are also a lot of poorer people who live in rural areas and corporations don't care about people with no money. Hence poor service in rural towns.

It's not just apathy, though. Services require revenue pools. If there's no tax base for a service, it's going to have to be donated by an agency or company, an even more remote concept during a recession.