ggplot2 - how to move geom_rug to avoid overriding points - r

I have created a basic scatterplot with ggplot2 and added a rug with geom_rug on the y-axis (left side) to it, however the rug is hiding a few points. I have tried position_dodge, position_jitterdodge and hjust in order to move the rug and make those points visible, but it did not give the desired result. I can't move the rug to the right side of the plot, since it will be hiding points here as well.
Is there a way to move the rug on the other side of the y-axis, outside of the plot?
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data("midwest", package = "ggplot2")
ggplot(midwest, aes(x=area, y=poptotal)) + geom_point(alpha=0.8)+
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