On 25-8-2009 1:06, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:20:45 +0200, andrel wrote:
> 
>> On 24-8-2009 23:35, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:05:07 +0200, andrel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Paid by taxes, even the volunteers. It is extremely hard to imagine a
>>>> situation where they are paid in such a perverse way.
>>> It's pretty common in small towns in the US that the volunteer fire
>>> department isn't paid at all - they have to raise funds to buy
>>> equipment.
>> Bloody stupid and bloody irresponsible of the town they are serving.
> 
> This might come as a shock to you, but not everyone in the US lives in a 
> "town".  When I first moved to Utah, I lived in an unincorporated suburb 
> of Salt Lake City.  The county (in my case) provided those services, but 
> in more rural parts of the country, county services may not be available.
> 
> You've not seen a rural area until you've been to Montana or Wyoming.  
> Population density is incredibly low in both areas, outside of the major 
> towns.

Every house here belongs to a town (or village if you like). Don't tell 
me even that is different in the US.

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