re: #138 Anymouse 🌹
Not everyone in a rural area works on a farm, as many of them run businesses necessary to keep agriculture going, teachers, doctors, &c., or work in local government (cough cough).
I can’t speak for rural areas I don’t live in, but I can assure you everything around here is family farms and ranches.
According to the Census Bureau, only about 1% of Americans operate farms.