Why not to move to rural America

Last week, this blog featured a New York Times story about the travails and trauma of city dwellers who moved to "the country" to ride out the pandemic.  It was a well-done story with lots of quotes that I found funny--quotes about things like hurting one's back while weed whacking.  It also talked about structural deficits in rural areas--things like the lack of childcare.   In sharp contrast, Inc. Magazine has published online "7 Reasons to Avoid Going Rural to Work from Home."  It's chock full of stereotypes and frankly quite offensive.  Here's the list:  

1. Guns
2. Trucks
3. Food
4. Nightlife
5. Culture
6. Education 
7. Bugs

Here's an excerpt from what author Geoffrey James says about trucks:

Pickup truckers were a**holes before the pandemic; since 2020, they've become intolerant and intolerable.

And here's what James says about culture:

There's an art show at the town hall if you ever feel compelled to reassure yourself that the Bob Ross school of painting is still as influential as it was in the 1970s.

This is so crude as to read like a parody, but it appears not to be that.  I wasn't familiar with Inc. until this list came across my Twitter feed.  Here's what Inc's wikipedia entry says:  

Inc. is an American business media property founded in 1979 and based in New York City. It publishes six print issues annually, as well as daily online articles and videos. Inc. also produces several live and virtual events yearly.

Published by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is best known for its annual rankings of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the United States, called the "Inc. 500" and "Inc. 5000."