Current Events > The funny thing I'm learning about rural areas

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VampireCoyote posted...

Is that these are the places where everyone is just doing drugs all the time

i thought that stereotype was more about people in the cities

It was always projection on their part.

Zikten posted...

Yea like in Alaska, I've heard the rural places are a wasteland of meth

You can't wonder too far there, you'll get abducted by aliens.

Requiem posted...

...the quality of internet service is an issue.

Obviously, companies will invest more in the infrastructure of a region with higher density of population (because more customers.. aka urban settings) than less densely populated areas (aka rural).

My parents are lucky enough to live within range of a 4G cell tower. If wireless wasn't an option they'd be limited to 56k dialup because their phone lines are so old they'd have to be ripped out and replaced to even have medium-speed DSL service. The phone company estimated it would cost about a quarter million dollars to give wired service to about 10 homes in their area in 2010, so probably half a million now.