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Where is 'rural America,' and what does it look like?

  • Written by Kenneth Johnson, Professor of Sociology and Senior Demographer, University of New Hampshire
imageThe view from Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.Cropped from nicholas_t/flickr, CC BY

Rural people and issues generally receive little attention from the urban-centric media and policy elites. Yet, rural America makes unique contributions to the nation’s character and culture as well as provides most of its food, raw materials, drinking water and...

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