Reply #11: I've lived in both

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Wisconsin urban and West Virginia rural. I've thought about it alot and came to the realization that the rural dosen't see the neccessity of some of the social programs that the urban needs to keep down poverty, which in turn keeps down crime and slums. I also was scared shitless when I went to my Mom's church in West Virginia, nothing like the Catholic Church I was used to, and they say the Catholic church rules with fear. Wow, so much hate, I was called a heathen because I was Catholic. So the religious angle I haven't figured out how to deal with. But with urban vs/ rural, maybe getting them to see our need for some of the policies they see as hand-outs?