USA: Urban/rural divide

[Freya]

I'm in an inland Midwestern area. I work at a marketing place that does outband calls to Chicago and the NYC metro. Most of my coworkers live in the small city that is surrounded by farmland and is "in the middle of nowhere"
A lot of times they will talk to our customers and play country even though they are classified as urban according to the census bureau. it's just an interesting thing I noticed since the US is apparently 80% urban by govt stats. i wonder how many urban Americans are similar

 

[Ultrapenguin]

I'm in an icy far south area. I work the computers but some of my other buddies work the phones, and our outbound calls go all around the world but mostly to areas of South Africa and South America. Most of my coworkers live in the compound that is surrounded by frozen tundra and is "in the middle of nowhere"
A lot of times they will talk to our collaborators and play rock music even though they are classified as animals according to the census bureau. it's just an interesting thing I noticed since Antarctica doesn't even have a human population by govt stats. i wonder how many other bipedal species are similar

I've read your post like 7 times now and still can't understand what you're getting at.

 

[analrapist]

I live 500 miles away from anywhere with a 6 digit population in what is effectively the regional hub. We got 'em all: Urbanites LARPing as ruralites, ruralites LARPing as urbanites, honest-to-God ruralites, and even a few honest-to-God urbanites. I'd be surprised if this pattern isn't universal. The two seven-digit-population cities where I've lived shared the same.

Beyond the obvious racial stuff like 13-do-50, stereotypes are often rather self-defeating. Individuals are individuals and ought to be dealt with accordingly. Our brains are very good at drawing inference from past experience. "Oh, this dude reminds me of X."

I never really hated country music, but by my late 20s I started to actually enjoy it. I'll take it over rap, punk, pop...

 

[Duke Nukem]

I've lived in cities and rural areas and I prefer the areas with lower population density. I've noticed that areas with high population density have less personal liberties because you have to share the space with a bunch of morons.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

I noticed a definite change in the appearance of people when moving from urban to more rural. In the city people had more tattoos, more "ghetto" fashion, and more obesity.

Something I think I've noticed since moving out of a leftist city is that far less women have visible tattoos, obesity, short "chopped off" hair, and more manly clothing.

 

[Freya]

I'm in an icy far south area. I work the computers but some of my other buddies work the phones, and our outbound calls go all around the world but mostly to areas of South Africa and South America. Most of my coworkers live in the compound that is surrounded by frozen tundra and is "in the middle of nowhere"
A lot of times they will talk to our collaborators and play rock music even though they are classified as animals according to the census bureau. it's just an interesting thing I noticed since Antarctica doesn't even have a human population by govt stats. i wonder how many other bipedal species are similar

I've read your post like 7 times now and still can't understand what you're getting at.

not every post needs an agenda

 

[Zbk3VmLfujjzjxBd43tL]

I noticed a definite change in the appearance of people when moving from urban to more rural. In the city people had more tattoos, more "ghetto" fashion, and more obesity.

You must've lived in a great rural area since the one I live in has fat guys mowing their lawns in their underwear, obese tatted up skanks, and "hick hop" (white people with hick accents rapping about their pickup truck), although country music and dad rock is still more common. Although I guess you're right about the tattoos since tattooed urbanites usually have a full sleeve and gauged ears while the ruralite usually just has a cross and Bible verse and maybe some logo from capeshit or Star Wars. Obesity rate seems the same to me though, like you're just trading fat Shaniquas for fat Karens at Walmart.

 

[Freya]

You must've lived in a great rural area since the one I live in has fat guys mowing their lawns in their underwear, obese tatted up skanks, and "hick hop" (white people with hick accents rapping about their pickup truck), although country music and dad rock is still more common. Although I guess you're right about the tattoos since tattooed urbanites usually have a full sleeve and gauged ears while the ruralite usually just has a cross and Bible verse and maybe some logo from capeshit or Star Wars. Obesity rate seems the same to me though, like you're just trading fat Shaniquas for fat Karens at Walmart.

what part of kentucky are you from

 

[Ughubughughughughughghlug]

At some point a few years ago it occurred to me that the average American lives in massive urban sprawl that I rarely ever see, that basically I am in a small minority not at all representative of the country, and that was surprising, maybe even discomfiting.

 

[Alex Hogendorp]

Us Cuckistans in the north are experiencing the same problem especially in Western Canada.