People have lived in rural areas for cheaper than in cities for far far longer than government subsidies have existed. It sure just sounds like a very classist take that people that don't live in cities don't deserve what people in cities do. Which is sort of ironic because I see people with tons of money stepping over homeless in wealthy cities all the time. I don't think there are massive homeless problems in US cities because of a redneck getting a 4G tower installed 15 miles from his property.

I have had the opportunity of growing up in a poorer rural area, and have lived in a major city. I find this mindset pretty grotesque and extremely polarizing, to the degree that it actually undercuts public policy.