Rural conservatives have been inundated with propaganda for decades that says urban dwellers are welfare queens and rural residents are self-sufficient yeoman.

They're largely blind to the massive gov't subsidies necessary to make high living standards in remote areas possible https://twitter.com/ryanlcooper/status/1249374913993101312

Apart from the actual post office, these remote areas usually depend on transportation infrastructure that requires huge per person subsidies compared to urban areas. But most rural roads aren't expected to turn a profit the way urban mass transit systems are.

It's the Democrats who keep pushing for rural broadband despite the fact the areas that need it are now almost exclusively represented by Republican Congressmen https://twitter.com/jandersen/status/1249377997993308160

Many remote areas are still hopelessly service deprived despite the subsidies! Especially and increasingly an issue with access to medicine. https://twitter.com/15Deloreans/status/1249379463713951751