For anyone familiar with the American west (starting somewhere between the Mississippi and the 100th meridian west ), there are hundreds, if not thousands of small towns for which Google Street View has only pass through on the main street, which is typically the state or county road. They don't turn off on any side streets.
If you go to these towns, and I have done thousands of miles of driving around the West, far from the Interstates, these side roads turn often turn out to be barely-defined dirt, or maybe gravel, turnoffs. Often they just go a few blocks and end. An urban dweller might not even recognize them as side roads, because they blend seamlessly with the lots around the few buildings, and often you'll see cars, farm equipment, or other miscellaneous items strewn haphazardly.
The other thing you'll find way out in those parts of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon are right-wing anti-government militia types. People who listen to Fox News and think it's too liberal. QAnon types who follow Alex Jones and watch OANN. Could that be the connection?