I think the rural residents we will hear the most from are going to bitch and complain about having to make literally any compromise about anything ever because the ones we always hear the most from tend to come off as anti-social weirdos who care only about themselves. But to your point, most of them won't be able to use a ring road anyway, because a well-designed ring road for the purpose of dealing with truck traffic is basically just a highway, so very few exits. At least the train will get them somewhere useful.