Chapel Hill, NC... Atlanta, GA... Austin, TX... New York City,NY Yes, are all despised by their rural neighbors. And vice-versa. But the bias is bidirectional:

Chapel Hill, NC... Atlanta, GA... Austin, TX... New York City,NY Yes, are all despised by their rural neighbors. And vice-versa. But the bias is bidirectional: Those in the cities look at the rural folks with just as much contempt and disgust as those folks in the country look at the cities. Perhaps more.