I've definitely visited places which are rural which are East of the Mississippi. I have family who actually live in forests and on large farms who don't live a

I've definitely visited places which are rural which are East of the Mississippi. I have family who actually live in forests and on large farms who don't live anywhere near chain restaurants. Places where you can't even see the neighbor's fence line from your front porch. But the vast majority of places I know and have visited are urban. If there's multiple chain hotels, once again probably not rural. Over 80% of the US population lives in an urban area. And yet so many think they live "rural" because their town isn't NYC or SF. https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2019/11/22/evaluating-what-makes-a-us-community-urban-suburban-or-rural/ https://www.pewresearch.org/decoded/2019/11/22/evaluating-wh... 31% of people who live in NCHS defined suburban areas think they live in rural areas. They LARP as cowboys living in urban areas. I'm surrounded by them. https://youtu.be/6q_BE5KPp18 https://youtu.be/6q_BE5KPp18