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Rural is simply defined as "not urban". Urban is defined as a cluster of at least 5,000 people in sufficient density. I don't know exactly what the density is.
by HWR_14 3y ago
Rural is simply defined as "not urban". Urban is defined as a cluster of at least 5,000 people in sufficient density. I don't know exactly what the density is. But I believe anything you would recognize as a small town is dense enough. So if there are 5,000+ people in your town you are urban.
- bombcar 3y agoThat’s what I suspected. Rural as used by studies is “extremely rural” whereas most people would classify small town America as rural when speaking colloquially.