There used to be a lot of farmers there as well, but the mega-farmers won-out and now it's just massive acres to a relatively few folks. Most of it is just sheer ruthlessness paired with advances in technology.
The condition of rural America is going to be the same condition in any other area dependent on a monopolized industry. Just you wait and see, "tech" is going to go through the same thing. In fact, it already is. Those "tech bros" are the same kind of shit bags that left rural American in a mess.
The condition of rural America is going to be the same condition in any other area dependent on a monopolized industry. Just you wait and see, "tech" is going to go through the same thing. In fact, it already is. Those "tech bros" are the same kind of shit bags that left rural American in a mess.