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I don't think you understand how desperate things are about to get for the average person in the US, they will have no choice.
Rural people aren't paying rent. They can afford to fill up their vehicles. The only things that may change for some of them is switching to more fuel-efficient vehicles or foregoing car insurance (which is a good thing.)
What?
Do you think people living in rural areas have more extra money to spend than people living in cities....?
Some people do of course but I highly doubt that generalization holds.
They have more than enough for their vehicles. You don't know how much of a drain on people's finances paying rent actually is or how cheap it can be to own a car.
You should see for yourself sometime.
You should stop assuming that when you declare things as true that you have experienced that others will magically take your word for it especially after they have provided actual evidence in their arguments.