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[โ€“] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I should probably also add that I'm from a country with an especially low rural population. I'm from the state with the highest proportion of rural population, and we have 50% in our capital city alone.

[โ€“] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

That makes sense. Different populations have different needs! Maybe in your part of the world, things are set up so that even the rural folk can meet their truck needs some other way... I think that's totally possible for much of the world, even if it's not practical for, say, most of Saskatchewan.