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I grew up in Orem. Provo is not small or an example of most rural towns. Provo is incredibly progressive given the local church culture and university. I live i
by cjmcqueen 7y ago
I grew up in Orem. Provo is not small or an example of most rural towns. Provo is incredibly progressive given the local church culture and university. I live in rural Iowa and broadband internet and the issue of low-education and long standing segregation have caused exactly the same issues of a depressed economy in our 5,000 people community. The laws of small numbers make it very difficult to succeed in big numbers capitalism.
- paulddraper 7y agoUnless it's immediately adjacent to other communities, 5,000 total population is indeed very rural. I've also lived in Belfair, WA which is <4,000 and isolated. [1]. The fiftieth largest high school stadium in Texas seats more than 2x that number. [2] Yellowstone National Park staffs that many people during the summer. [3] So, yeah, that's small. I understand why actually rural communities are popular for only a few people. But there's a lot that available between 10 people/sqmi farmland and NY/LA/DC/SF/Chicago metro area. Yet, big cities are still exploding. Because people like them. [1] https://suburbanstats.org/population/washington/how-many-people-live-in-belfair https://suburbanstats.org/population/washington/how-many-peo... [2] https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-high-school-stadiums-in-the-us.html https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/the-largest-high-school-... [3] https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/parkfacts.htm https://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/parkfacts.htm