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I'm not sure there is any particular issue with dental care in rural UK, the system there is the same as in other areas, subsidised or free NHS dentists depending on your situation which are fine if you can find one (they are in short supply in some places but that's just as much an issue in urban areas) plus private dentists if you can't find an NHS one, prefer private treatment or want cosmetic work done.
Very nice landscape, I like Lozèrre as well. They remind me a bit of the Lord of the Rings. I'd love to retreat to a calm, peaceful rural area with a very low population density yet a fairly good climate so I might consider those areas.
How are the amenities? I need broadband internet for work. I would assume there is running water, electricity and a sewer system? Do these rural areas have any French big city problems? And how's dental care in rural France, better than rural UK or Appalachia I'd presume? The French tax system worries me though.
What is all this business about 'rural dental care' in the UK or Appalachia? Are you not just quoting bad stereotypes?
Everyone's heard of Sicily , Corsica , Crete , etc. , however I imagine there are plenty of lesser known " backwards " rural places in Western Europe as well , which is why I thought it would be cool to start up a thread about this subject .
By " backwards " I mean poor/underdeveloped/whatever you want to call decidedly not wealthy as well as possessing cultural traits that are considered archaic ( for lack of a better term ) . In other words any rural areas with high unemployment , low wages , high crime rates , as well as customs like family level feuding and such being common , that are located in Western Europe will do .
FWIW I'm planning on making a documentary about such areas in the future which is why I'm interested .
Your question limits the responses you're going to get there are numerous rural areas in Western and Southern Europe that don't have high unemployment, high crime rates etc. that retain a more traditional lifestyle the other thing you're assuming is that lower wages equal less quality of life. I can think of numerous places but won't list them because your posts are biased and are fixated on stereotypes.
Northern England/Scotland border, it is what produced the American appalachia redneck culture
If I was an Appalachian redneck, hick, or hillbilly, I’d sue you for defamation of character if you suggested that I may be descended from that bunch of illiterate chavs, (although the Scots are not so bad).
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In Spain - Teruel, for sure. The province is one of the least populated, and it's kind of out in the middle of nowhere. They even adopted a slogan "Teruel exists," because even among Spaniards it largely forgotten about.
Edit: I mis-read "backwards" as "backwoods" and interpreted it as lesser-known. I've not really mingled too much with people from Teruel, so I'm not sure how "redneck" they are.. Spaniards generally stereotype people from Murcia - on the central Mediterranean coast, as rednecks.
You are too funny.
My entire metro area of 3+ million people is at 1600+ meters.
We don't think about oxygen even at the top of the 54 mountains over 4200 meters.
In Spain - Teruel, for sure. The province is one of the least populated, and it's kind of out in the middle of nowhere. They even adopted a slogan "Teruel exists," because even among Spaniards it largely forgotten about.
Edit: I mis-read "backwards" as "backwoods" and interpreted it as lesser-known. I've not really mingled too much with people from Teruel, so I'm not sure how "redneck" they are.. Spaniards generally stereotype people from Murcia - on the central Mediterranean coast, as rednecks.
Murcians are not rednecks (catetos), more like Albacete, Ciudad Real, Valladolid, Zamora.
The stereotype of a cateto is somebody from León.
Teruel is not backward precisely, they have a problem due to depopulation along with parts of Castellon and Guadalajara - a region called "Siberia". But not backward.
People in Teruel are not very talkative, not very social, they are used to solitude and living indoors as the province is very cold. Very good cuisine.
Rural Spain has better quality of life than cities, the problem is depopulation.
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Rural Spain has better quality of life than cities, the problem is depopulation.
If the quality of life is so much better, then why are people leaving or otherwise depopulating it?
Hmmm.
What does that say about people?
What does that say about the notion of quality of life?
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