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In reply to the discussion: Wow, the Deplorables really don't like us [View all]ProfessorGAC
(68,643 posts)I live in small town and no doubt more people voted for the idiot than HRC.
To the east is corn and soybeans for the next 100 miles. To the west is some industry, then corn and soybeans to Ottawa, then corn and soybeans all the way to Iowa. To the south, same thing.
But 65 miles to the north there is a little 'burg called Chicago. About a third of the way there is a city of 175k with surrounding communities another 200k and the county has 800,000 people.
Now there are folks in nearly every area of the country who would consider that rural by the description of the first three directions. But, Chicago is pretty significant.
So, whether we're rural or not is a matter of perspective. We moved there in 1980 so my wife would be closer to the school where she worked. I know we don't consider ourselves rural, nor would i consider most of the people with whom we associate that way. Are there yahoos? Yep.
So, are we rural or not? I suppose it depends on who we ask.