I didn't choose to live here actually, we were posted here, houses prices being what they are in the south we could not afford to buy a house down there so were stuck here When we moved here there were regular bus services and a Post Bus which covered areas the buses didn't. Government cuts saw to that. We had local shops, pubs and post offices but were driven out of business by the government's policies on 'saving money' and putting council tax up. It has nothing to do with people travelling to supermarkets which are actually a long drive away, many homes are now holiday lets which means fewer people live in communities, local people can't afford to buy houses here anymore either so move away. Holidaymakers aren't going to help a community shop.
Don't you dare sit there judging anyone, because you clearly haven't the foggiest idea of what you are talking about, frankly your post is just plain ignorance in all senses of that word ( some of it literally doesn't make sense)
Farmers who live up in the Dales ( you know the ones that provide you with lamb as well as wool for clothes etc and have lived there for generations) are certainly more than an hour from a hospital, in winter even more,
that's why we have the Air Ambulance.
it's clear you are a townie who would moan about church bells, the smell of manure on the fields and sheep running on the roads.