We have millions of homes setting empty, and you think we need home steads, ROFLMAO, and the mining stuff is bull, we have tons of rare earth deposits in kentucy, yet China leads the world in production, because of cheap labor.
The world is full of people wanting a free ride, those days are over get a job and buy yourself a place to live, and stop trying to steal out of the other mans bowl of rice.
Not everyone wants to live in an overpriced crackerbox within spitting distance of the neighbors. I'd just as soon live in the middle of a couple of square miles of scrubland where I can plink from the porch at the occasional passing jackrabbit and steal his canteen and lunchbox.
Now, if you're from a rural area, especially out west, you'll get the joke in that. Otherwise, there just isn't much point in explaining.