Maniac64 posted...Rural towns don't have the same struggles as cities. If someone needs welfare they are more likely to get help from neighbors and family living nearby. They have a stronger belief in taking care of each other/their own.
In addition rural areas are struggling because people are moving to the cities which can cause increased resentment towards cities and policies that favor cities. Which includes a lot of government spending.
I have family that lives in rural Canada, and...that's kind of half-right, but also kind-of not.
It's more like people who fall on hard times go to the city where there are things like homeless shelters and they won't freeze to death. If you can't pull your own weight you get kicked off the rural island.
But there is definitely a culture against getting help from the government. Like...my grandpa did not want my mom getting a scholarship (but she did in secret and did not tell him). Kind of "do it yourself" taken to extremes.
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