4 ms·
A lot? "About 48 percent of the population inside micropolitan statistical areas lived in incorporated places, while about 52 percent lived in unincorporated a
by flattone 7y ago
A lot?
"About 48 percent of the population inside micropolitan statistical areas lived in incorporated places, while about 52 percent lived in unincorporated areas"
https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0082/twps0082.html https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0082...
anecdotally the pursuit of not being around "public services" is a large part of the motivation. Personally as I'm leaving my 20s far behind I realize all the neon and jazz of the city did nothing but pacify a deeper realization that a more clear seeming experience of mind was on hold or somehow diluted...convenience can be very distracting.
... hopefully this makes some kind of sense. different kinds of folks/values. a lot of my peers live right in the city, which makes sense. convenience of stores / hospitals etc for raising a family. for me alone give me 50 acres and a 2 bdrm ranch home. and an invisible driveway
:)
- sharkmerry 7y agoYou looked at a limited set of populations from 10k to 50k (micropolitan) is there a reason? in all of the US 62% live in incorporated areas. United States 281,423,231 175,062,893 62.2 106,360,338 37.8 https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0082/Table_1.pdf https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0082...
- jcranmer 7y agoNote too that "unincorporated" doesn't mean "rural." This is unincorporated: https://goo.gl/maps/TxHPvu6JNNC8tYk77 https://goo.gl/maps/TxHPvu6JNNC8tYk77
- flattone 7y agothanks for this. I am caught by surprise.
- sharkmerry 7y agoright, and someone is still providing services to those its just higher up the chain right? there arent that many people living with water, roads right? they just arent organized at a town level
- Hermitian909 7y agoThe most populous unincorporated areas have all of the standard amenities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_Marin_Keys,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bel_Marin_Keys,_California That's an unincorporated area, populated by an affluent community, with all the services you'd expect. I think the answer is actually in the negative becuase the common amenities include pretty basic services like roads, police protection, or grid power. As far as I'm aware that level of disconnect is very rare.
- bcrosby95 7y agoI live in an unincorporated city of 14k and it's just plain ole suburbs. 1.5 miles to one mini-mall and 3 miles to another. We're also about a 15 minute drive from a huge mall, best buy, a fry's electronics, etc.