Reply #12: Well, you have to remember people are idiots

[skygazer]

And city folks so often have this idyllic picture of some sort of Little House On the Prairie fantasyland when they think about living on a farm or in a rural area.

I grew up in Vermont and we had idiots moving up from Connecticut or Long Island all the time thinking they were going to turn into a fucking Norman Rockwell painting or something.

Their kids, bored stiff, would be at complete loose ends - the same kid who'd tell you how bored they were in the city with stuff happening all around them - you really think they're going to be happy tramping around in the woods?

There are tons of drugs in rural areas and the reason is simple - people are poor and bored. Selling drugs can make them some money and boredom causes them to do drugs. In my little hometown, you can find a substantial quantity of anything you like within 24 hours - pot, coke, heroin, meth, you name it. The thing you can't find is a decent paying job.

As for farming, people who've been farming for 12 generations can't make money off a family farm - what makes people who've never even seen a live sheep think they can make a go of it? :wtf: