Is this rural or not? (acres, village, community, property)
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Another thread got me thinking about creating a new thread where people present information on a community at or around 25,000 people or lower. After looking at the information, you can judge for yourself if you think the community or communities presnted are rural or aren't rural. I'll start it off: The Official Web Site of the City of Oswego oswego, ny - Google Maps oswego, ny - Google Maps
Oswego is a 'city', with a Population Density of 2,343.4/sq mi
Cortland is a 'city', with a Population Density of 4,924.1/sq mi
Skaneateles is a 'town', with a Population Density of 150/sq mi
I got all of this from Wiki. The first two self describe themselves as cities, the third as a town.
There is no 'rural' in any of those three places.
What constitutes rural?
Where I live Wiki lists us as an "unincorporated community". City-Data appears to have messed up info from 2010 census (lists us as 1/2 of our 2000 which I know isn't true).
We have 20 sq/miles and population (using 2000 census) is under 100 per sq/mile.
We have 1 street light.
By all accounts, we're pretty rural. There is now town per se where people go.
Fletchers Landing township of Hancock County, Maine. Now they are approaching rural.
Population 117, population density 7 people / sq mile
Keep in mind that 'urban' is about masses of people gathering together; 'rural' is the opposite. Clearly rural is not about places that gather people.
A township with 1 person / sq mile is obviously more rural than a township with 100 people / sq mile.
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