Yeah, unfortunately those cozy little towns are a figment of the imagination. Talking to friends who are from places like this, life in rural America seems to be like, "my neighbours are an oil derrick and a wind turbine. Sometimes I see a cow. I only see another person outside my family when we go to the store which is once a month because it's 60 miles out. My only connection to the outside world is satellite internet. It doesn't work when it's cloudy, it's as fast as DSL on a good day, ping is too high for online games, and I only have 50 gigs a month. A family member or friend dies every 3 months, but I haven't been to a funeral in years. Everyone I knew in high school moved, died, or is on meth."
Yeah, unfortunately those cozy little towns are a figment of the imagination. Talking to friends who are from places like this, life in rural America seems to be like, "my neighbours are an oil derrick and a wind turbine. Sometimes I see a cow. I only see another person outside my family when we go to the store which is once a month because it's 60 miles out. My only connection to the outside world is satellite internet. It doesn't work when it's cloudy, it's as fast as DSL on a good day, ping is too high for online games, and I only have 50 gigs a month. A family member or friend dies every 3 months, but I haven't been to a funeral in years. Everyone I knew in high school moved, died, or is on meth."
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Sounds like it might be like this, except worse.