Yep. That's about it.

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41. I can't argue much with what you say... you make logical sense.

But I live in a farm area... we're surrounded by burgs... cities that are maybe (at their largest) some 15-20k people. And the few of those are surrounded by smaller burgs of under 2-300 people... all farm related businesses and people. And too many of the old time farmers and family farms are, once again, being bought by big AG... like in the Depression era. Farms go up for auction, and it's not the farmer next door buying to increase his acreage - it's big AG. Add in the annual flooding we seem to get 'round here from the Mighty Missouri river, and farming is not a great business to be in, unless you have a separate good paying day job. And yes, it's a Red State... true to form, don't vote for democrats under any circumstance, red state. Some of these people I've gotten to know are insane about it. It's like a religious doctrine to them. We were lucky enough that people lost enough during the Brownback years, they actually voted in a Democratic Governor... and a female at that. But the legislature is, I swear, anti constituent, as they vote for the culture issue of the day... usually something to knock us women back down a peg or two lower. And yes, given the money I don't have, I'd love dearly to move into a Blue State. But age and $$$ preclude that. We just keep trying to survive.