[mugs99]

I see this a marketing problem. I have to believe that they are not getting the word out well enough

No, people just don't want to live in the sticks. Everyone wants a McMansion in the city. There's no place to use a credit card and Pizzaman doesn't deliver.

A call to 911 takes a couple of hours minimum before help arrives. Electricity and phone is subject to frequent outages. No high speed internet, dial up is limited to 28K max because of the miles of wire to the nearest central office.

People are just not into self sufficiency these days.
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[porkchops 4 mahound]

I guess you have never heard of the State of Alaska? Idaho? Montana? North Dakota? South Dakota? Kansas? Oklahoma?....

"People just aren't into self sufficiency these days."

Really?