I totally agree and they are cost effective and work very well. I also agree with others that these are symptoms of larger problems which I think are NOT unsolvable. People who live in this country with less government dependency do well. When the funds dry up this is what happens.Small communities are the ones that die first. Agriculture should still be king down South but corporate farming is killing small farmers and we import way to much when we can produce here. Small business should not have shackles on them. We import too much crap from China that can be made here. Lastly,government policies that kill job growth,raise taxes and stifle the economy turn rural America into Walking Dead towns.
Small town life is not for everyone, but the US government is making it not for anyone. And so we get more and more Walking Dead towns.