Rural vs Urban Differences

Comments in this cluster debate contrasts between rural and urban areas, highlighting how city-dwelling HN users often misunderstand rural lifestyles, services, infrastructure, and perspectives.

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US WI FL HN usda.gov R0 www.rd www.ahfc america.html census.gov rural rural areas areas city cities live town people live urban america

Sample Comments

minitoar Sep 6, 2020 View on HN

I guess not all rural places are the same.

vaylian Dec 14, 2020 View on HN

Makes me wonder how much better the situation was in rural areas.

jeffreyrogers Apr 18, 2023 View on HN

Yeah, you're getting downvoted but this is true in rural/semi-rural areas.

therealdrag0 Sep 23, 2021 View on HN

Could also be a rural vs urban concern.

orwin Jun 26, 2023 View on HN

I think it's more a rural vs cities/town thing.

ars Sep 15, 2024 View on HN

You need to visit rural areas. Not everything is a city.

throwaway-blaze Apr 21, 2022 View on HN

Guessing you don't live in a major city. These things would be fine in rural places all over the world.

bluGill Jan 29, 2025 View on HN

In rural areas this isn't too hard as they often don't have the in the first place. Of course there are reasons people generally live in cities.

majinuub Apr 22, 2022 View on HN

I'm thinking that its because many HN users live in or close to medium to large sized cities. So they have no perspective when it comes to a place that's truly rural. They just see that some small city has no high rises or large companies and just assume "that must be a rural town."

beachstartup Apr 10, 2016 View on HN

you're describing a rural area, not a suburban one.