FWIW-here’s an account of Argetina after their financial crash 2001....all may not be roses rurally.....
http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/portal/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2079&Itemid=2
The rural communities always suffer the most in an economic crisis.
It’s a matter of effective spending. Do you spend in areas where few are assisted or where many are helped?
Do you spend where people view themselves as survivalists and self-reliant or where there is an infrastructure to distribute what is needed?
The article you refered to was writen by FerFAL and he has a great survival blog on what it’s like living in Argentina after the economic crash there. You can read it at:
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