Drove hundreds of miles through some very rural New England, USA today. Most areas were very nice with well kept homes and cute, small city centers (mostly only a couple of brick, commercial buildings).
What do people do for jobs out in the “middle of nowhere”? As an engineer who works closer to city areas where more jobs exist, I just can’t fathom what people are doing for jobs out there? How is everything paid for?
Edit: I should clarify there’s minimal farm land out in rural New England. So, not very many farmers at all.
I live in a small rural town in California (Bishop, pop 3800) that really isn’t near anything. The closest town with more than 10,000 people is Carson City, NV (another state) or Ridgecrest (120mi south) in another county.
Most higher paying jobs are in the government/education sector - CalTrans, County gov’t, K12 education, Bureau of Land Mgmt. , US Forest Service, Post Office, or utilities such as SoCal Edison or Los Angeles Dept. Of Water and Power.
Service industries aimed toward tourism make up most of the rest, but are lower paying, unless you own the business, of course.
Cheers.