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The Great Plains are unquestionably the most rural parts of the country as well as the Desert Southwest. Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota are about as rural as you can get as well (the Western Midwest). Not to mention, Wyoming and Montana are incredibly rural.
I dont know if it gets much more rural than Utah,Idaho,Montana,Wyoming,New Mexico and Nevada, you can go for miles and miles before you even reach another town in these states.
Out West is the only area that I have ever been to where I had to map out what gas stations I needed to stop at, because if not, I was likely to run out of gas. That is why I chose West.
From Merriam-Webster online: rural: of or relating to the country, country people or life, or agriculture
Mountains, desert and dense forest are not rural! There has to be people and probably agriculture.
The midwest and south are the most rural areas of the U.S. Vacant states like Montana, Alaska, Nevada, etc are not part of the discussion.
Montana has agriculture towns and country people,they live country lifestyles just in a different way.
this is taken from Wikipedia which I know aint that credible-
This area is primarily rural, economically depressed, with a declining population, and is closer demographically to the Midwest than it is to Western Montana. This division leaves Eastern Montana with no town over 10,000 in population.
The west is the most rural, as most of its land is sparsely populated. However, it is true that a larger percentage of westerners live in urban areas than in locations throughout the midwest, South, or even the northeast.
The South isn't really rural. Its rural areas tend to be more populated than any region's rural areas, and it has lots of large metropolitan areas as well.
The South has over 100 million people and is the most populated region of the country.
I suppose if the definition of rural is based on, "what is the most populated region in rural areas, then I suppose the South would run neck and neck with the midwest", but this is an oxymoron definition, isn't it?
No, that is not right. The definition of rural has been given a number of times in this thread. Rural is "of the country", "country life" "agricultural". States like Alaska, Wyoming, Nevada, and most of Montana are not rural under this definition. They are not urban, but they are not rural either.
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