[saalweachter]

> A lot of buildings used in rural areas definitely aren't aesthetic pleasing, massive industrial buildings where the primary concern is build cost.

It's always nicer when things look, well, nice, but the core of the aesthetic is purpose: a thing with a purpose, that fulfills its purpose, is beautiful. An endless field of wheat or corn, a massive concrete grain silo, and an array of windmills all have a purpose which they are exquisitely performing, and so they are beautiful.

(One of my favorite instantiations of the farm aesthetic is the multi-generational farm, with some buildings that are post and beam or stone, some that are cinder block, some that are sheet metal, etc. Each building was simply built according to what was the cheapest vernacular construction technique of the time, but the combination conveys a sense of continuation beyond the simple permanence of an old structure. This farm was fulfilling its purpose generations ago, and will continue to do so for generations still. It is not static; it is living and changing.)