Do live in an Urban or Rural Environment?

[The Straight Story]

with the wal-mart threads and other such ones, it got me wondering....

[H2O Man]

1. Rural.

Very rural.

[Cleita]

2. You need another category.

Out in the woods more than fifty miles from the nearest store and gas station.

[The Straight Story]

5. Done (nt)

[XOKCowboy]

12. Sounds like Montana

Had a friend that lived 43 miles up a dirt road from Broadus. That's an existance that is fast disapearing in America.

[Cleita]

24. Montana, North Idaho and Eastern Washington.

Places are so remote there that they have an excellent Medivac helicopter system to get people that need emergency care and hospitalization to the few cities in the area like Spokane and Missoula. In eastern Washington, close to the Canadian border, I had to have the local ambulance service (volunteer fire department loggers) come for my husband who had a stroke.

I did not know how I would get him to Spokane in time. But they packed him onto a helicopter and had him in the ER in no time. The medics on the helicopter were able to bring his blood pressure down on the trip which was in the stratosphere. He would have died otherwise if I had tried to drive him to Spokane.

[NMDemDist2]

3. 15 miles to a big city?? try 150 !!

:rofl:

[buckettgirl]

4. Lots more than 15 miles from a big city...

I'm 5 hours from Kansas City and roughly 5 hours from Denver....

[tridim]

20. Lemme guess, Hays?

I pass through twice a year. :)

[uppityperson]

6. I live moderately rural, need more choices

medium sized city and very rural (more than 50 mi from big city)

[electron_blue]

7. what about living in medium sized town 100 miles from big city

[RC]

8. Define 'Big City'

200,000 in metropolitan area? 95,000 in city limits?

[The Straight Story]

10. Hell, I don't know :)

If you are not sure, you are probably not near one :)

[imouttahere]

9. Downtown Portland, Oregon - a city of the future....

with excellent transit that is being ramped up all the time. Also they are investing in alternative energy in the downtown core. 20 years from now, Portland will be well-positioned for the change in lifestyle that will surely come with the combination of peak oil and water shortages that will make places like Las Vegas and Phoenix (particularly their suburbs) nearly uninhabitable.

[Cleita]

15. You guys are really ahead of the rest of the country.

Kudos!

:thumbsup:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

21. Hey neighbor!

You should join us at our monthly DU Meetups... first Saturday of every month.

Check the Oregon forum for details.

:hi:

[Annces]

11. Surrounded by rural

[Annces]

13. Here is one for Cheney

[mia]

14. Small city - just under 50,000

-next to a 2 million+ city.

[City Lights]

16. I'm about 40 miles from a big city, but it's not rural.

It's suburban sprawl.

[BuyingThyme]

17. As U.S. Senators, many of us split time between

DC and the burbs.

[bridgit]

18. Urban...

[Kansas Wyatt]

19. Out in the middle of nowhere

And if I want to see people, I'll drive to town. Now, stay away from me and leave me alone.

[The Straight Story]

22. If ever I had a twin, it is you :)

My sentiments exactly ;)

[MazeRat7]

23. It would really help to quantify "Big City".....

Considering there are less than a dozen "Big Cities" (by my standards) in the US.... what are we talking about here ?

I live in a suburb about 10 mi from large metropolis of about 750k people... is this a "big city" ? Not by my standards.

I'm in the "city limits" (just barely) and the county we live in has about 1.5M people....

Not sure this helps what you are trying to discover... but these are the facts considering I could not accurately answer your poll.

That being said... I am about 200mi from either Houston or Dallas and about 1500 mi from New York... all I consider a "big cities". :)

MZr7

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

25. About 15 minutes to the nearest town. 45 minutes to Portland, OR.

About 3 acres of forest and meadow. A long way from L.A., which we moved from in '81. Just the thought of living in a city again, gives me the willies.

[catnhatnh]

26. Yep...it's all in the definitions.....

I was born in a small town of 50,000 in Connecticut but now live in a big city of 25,000 in New Hampshire...

[Nikia]

27. I live in a municipality of under 10,000

All municipalities within 20 miles of it are also under 10,000. It is big enough to feel like civilization to me though.

[greendog]

28. A micropolitan environment...

I live in a small city (under 20,000) surrounded by a rural area that is surrounded by (mostly) pristine wilderness.

[Alexander]

29. Suburb of Phoenix, Arizona.

Most of my life has been spent in a suburb or town near a city in one form or another.

[dysfunctional press]

30. i'm about to become a sub-urbanite...

moving from the north side of chicago to west of randall road.