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Originally Posted by legion
In the Midwest we have lots of farmer's kids in the trades. They've been putting in 12-hour days since their teens and aren't afraid to work hard. That's not to say none are lazy, but they are less common.
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If you at the history of manufacturing, many companies started in rural areas or recruited farmers. There is a reason for that. Farmers were self sufficient: they were mechanics, repair persons, inventors, fabricators, machinists. I could make a argument that farmers were the first engineers.