Comment by Ccecil

Your points seem to be valid. I don't have a solution either.

Where I live used to be the rural area that people made fun of you for being from (Idaho). Also, my county is 70%+ MAGA voters. So I understand your point about disproportionate amount of power...that is another topic entirely (as is the Redoubt movement and other things attempting to profit off the imbalance).

This is happening everywhere around me. Montana is just as bad. Locals have nowhere to go and cannot afford to stay.

I don't have a solution...just pointing out my observations of the issues I have encountered personally.