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REA: Before 1935, there was no national effort to bring electricity to rural America. In most rural areas, it was too expensive for electric companies to extend their lines out into sparsely populated areas. Farmers and other rural residents made due without the benefits of electricity, unlike folks in the cities who had electric service.
