&gt;Fedex works because people near you also need packages.<p>That&#x27;s exactly my point. The more people who need packages around you, the less it costs to deliver a package specifically to you. Going off the grid in remote corners sounds great, but part of the reason we moved to cities is because sharing infrastructure costs makes things more efficient.<p>&gt;Also, the US population density is ~100 people per square mile so chances are good someone within 1 mile of you also needs a package today.<p>The US&#x27;s population density is 100 people &#x2F; square mile, but that doesn&#x27;t tell you the full story. We don&#x27;t live all over America, we are clustered into cities and towns, mostly on the coasts. There&#x27;s a lot of desert and Alaskan wilderness with no one around bringing down the average. NYC alone is ~6% of the US population. The Northeast megalopolis is ~17% on ~2% of the land.