> Density/proximity are far better incubators for innovation than people being bored and isolated on farms.

That might be the case for you.

I do all my best programming when I'm driving a tractor. When I stop, I just need to type it all in.

Or, driving my car, for that matter. I just need to get from here to way over there, it's maybe 90 miles, something like a two and a half hour drive, during which time no-one can phone me, no-one can come up and hand me something that's Clearly My Problem Because It Has An Electrical Connector, no-one can ask me what's wrong with the printer in the facilities office, and I can just sit and quietly think. I don't even have to put up with braying adverts on the local radio station.