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NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — For Jim Bonner, who lives outside Monetta, rural living has its pros and cons.
“We don’t have services,” he tells News 12. “You can’t get fast DSL. You can’t get sewers, gas, side-walks, and they even took our Magistrate away, so we get very little as far as services, but we’ll live with that for the type of living we have.”
However, there is one service he wishes he did have. In a medical emergency, an ambulance could be half-an-hour away or further. “I’ve heard people that won’t even bother calling,” he says. “They’ll put somebody in the back-seat of their car and take them in, because no matter how long it takes them to get there, it’s faster.”
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