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Atherton is 7,000 people. It's also 30 miles outside of SF. Is that rural then?
by bradlys 7y ago
Atherton is 7,000 people. It's also 30 miles outside of SF. Is that rural then?
- dragontamer 7y agoNo, because its 4-miles away from Palo Alto (city of 60k). Rural is mostly about being far away from urban centers. Buies Creek NC is 30+ miles from its nearest population center (10k+ citizens). While Atherton is 4-miles away from its nearest population center (60k+ citizens in Palo Alto).
- bradlys 7y agoIt has a population center of 20k within 15 miles. That was only one that I looked at. I didn't even have to try for that. I know nothing about that region but at an eagle eye's glance, it's obviously a suburb. It's part of an incorporated metropolitan area. It is, therefore, a suburb. It is not rural. Atherton isn't a suburb of Palo Alto btw. Palo Alto is the suburb.
- TylerE 7y agoCan I say how much you've moved the goal posts here? The original post was about some place that wasn't a "big city", not an isolated rural farm.