> It's almost like the poor lifestyle choice they made was living in a rural area It is more that the poor lifestyle choices were already made, so it is most c

> It's almost like the poor lifestyle choice they made was living in a rural area It is more that the poor lifestyle choices were already made, so it is most convenient to live in a rural area where there isn't as much social pressure to change. You can easily hide when you live on a desolate backroad. It is hard to hide when stepping outside means immediately running into hundreds of people ready to judge your "undesirable" behaviour. > population 6,000, tend to live like urban folk The USA defines urban as a population of at least 2,000 people, so those in that place with 6,000 people don't just live like urban folk. They are urban folk!