"Republicans fear their base, Dems hate their base…" do we see this here?

[TreasonousBastard]

20. With over 300 square miles and...

a few hamlets strewn about, a sewer system would be tough even if there was a demand for it. It comes up every so often, but, like burying electric lines, a quick look at the costs causes fainting spells. There is a small sewer system in our one town of any size, but it won't be expanded.

The farms and vineyards are doing a fair amount already, but could do more. They're doing OK financially, as far as anyone knows, and may be the most secure economic group out here, but there is a limit to how much to ask of them. They just got hit with the cost of deer fencing since the deer are completely out of hand and the scheduled cull got shortened overall and derailed in some areas, so they're not exactly amenable to being hit with more costs.

Ask too much of a farm and there's a developer salivating around the corner with more cash per acre than the farmer will ever see farming. We've already lost too much farmland simply because the kids don't like the hard work. Make more excuses to get out of the business, why not?