I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings but you should know the details of this situation before you criticize unpaid volunteers who put it all on the line all the time.
An unincorporated area is a place with no government below the county level. Generally they rely on state police for law enforcement. They contract most things, trash removal, public schooling, any kind of service you can think of, the county maintains the roads and parks (if they even have parks) bare bone government but that is rural life, taxes are low. If they incorporate into a township, then they pay township taxes and it is up to the township to provide fire service which may include forming their own fire company or contracting it to another willing fire company. It is not up to city A to supply free services to rural unincorporated hamlet B.
I did not criticize unpaid volunteers. I know quite a few volunteers from my hometown and would never criticize them.
As I stated, we could have had a civil discussion, but your tone seems to indicate we cannot.
Rush always says “have a go to person for information”. You could have been one of those people who informed me how unincorporated areas work.
Instead you decided to call me names. And no, my feelings were not hurt. Calling me stupid made me realize YOU made the assumption that I was fully aware of how unincorporated areas work. I do not.
You could have informed me, enlightened me from my sheltered world. Instead, you just called me names.