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  1. May 22, 2018 · When it comes to whether they have values in common with people who live in other types of communities, however, the public is more divided. Among urban dwellers, 46% say most people in rural areas have values that are similar to theirs, while 53% say the values of rural Americans are very or somewhat different.

  2. May 22, 2018 · Most Americans say people who live in the same type of community as they do generally share their values, but they are less convinced that those in other types of communities do. For example, a majority of rural residents (58%) say the values of most people in urban areas are very or somewhat different from theirs. Among urban dwellers, 53% see ...

  3. that these values have produced rather conservative ways of approaching life—when you depend so much on your-self, you become more careful and considered in your deci-sions. Population density is, by definition, lower in rural areas. Fewer people living in an area often means that they are more likely to know each other, and they have fewer ...

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    • Kay Slama
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  4. Feb 12, 2021 · Two new reports from the Public Policy Forum (Perceptions and Polarization and Fault Lines and Common Ground) aim to establish such an evidence base for understanding the urban-rural divide in Canada. The reports use survey data to (1) see how urban, suburban and rural Canadians perceive one another’s circumstances, experiences and perspectives and (2) determine whether there are actual ...

  5. Feb 1, 2021 · Among other reasons, this may be explained by the fact that in rural areas community ties are stronger (Hummon, 1992), there is a greater norm of reciprocity (McKnight et al., 2017), and there is a wide range of activities related to the natural environment (Hinds and Sparks, 2008); in addition, there is less urbanization and there is the threat of large scale migration from rural areas, with ...

    • Daniel Belanche, Luis V. Casaló, María Ángeles Rubio
    • 2021
  6. Feb 18, 2020 · Small towns have always been conservative-leaning. People living in rural areas tend to have traditional values and be resistant to new ideas, Reeves said. “In rural, less populated areas, residents are more likely to know one another and talk with their neighbors.

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  8. May 22, 2018 · Americans living in rural areas are roughly evenly divided: 52% say whites do not benefit too much or at all from advantages in society that black people do not have, and 47% say they benefit a great deal or a fair amount. By contrast, three-in-ten people living in urban areas say whites do not benefit from societal advantages; 69% say they do.

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