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The amount of govt/public people and programs. In cities there is almost always a dedicated department or committee to get things done. It doesn't mean things are perfect of course but mostly if a person in a city has a problem there is someone they can call
In rural areas you have volunteer fire and ems instead of paid departments. Law enforcement is scattered with a handful of officers/deputies to cover large areas. Response times are EASILY 10 minutes or more so that means people have to rely on themselves and each other until help arrives. That's also a huge reason why rural areas like having guns around.
As for the cultural side, few articles have hit the nail on the head like this one from 2016
Police don’t typically arrive in under 10 minutes for calls in urban areas either.
Fantastic article.
Except not anymore. The side that was ignored and ridiculed is now in charge.
Understanding is all well and good, and the local elite absolutely do not understand most of America is practically a third world country, but that doesn't excuse the animals. The rural way of life is dying is because it's objectively awful and always has been. These animals want to drag the world into a dark age so everyone can die as alone, repressed, cowardly, and sad as they are.
I have spent my entire life in a rural shit hole, i can say from experience accepting their bullshit is a choice each and every one of them made. Yes we need to do something, preferably simply making it impossible to live in these dying dead end villages, but sympathy is off the table.