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I live near downtown in the largest city in the US and my eggs, seafish, and rum come from 5 miles down the road.

Where does the wheat come from to make the bread? Where do the cows come from to make the hamburger?

For that matter, where does the grain come from to feed the chickens? Where does the molasses come from to make the rum?

Pretty sure the answer to all of these is "from a lot further than five miles down the road"...

like half of one percent of people work in agriculture.

And you would like these people to work in complete isolation?

Or is it okay if there are people in rural areas living near them?

And you're completely ignoring that just because someone works in agriculture they still need services like car mechanics barbers etc etc The actual number of people who work in agriculture if you include all those is considerably higher.

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