New research finds rural Americans don’t live as long as city-dwellers
A new research study shows that rates for smoking, obesity and chronic conditions such as heart disease are comparatively ...
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The Urban and Rural Divide
Yet the rate of poverty is significantly higher in rural America than it is in urban America. According to the most recent data from the federal government, in 2018 the poverty rate in metropolitan ...
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Can The Urban-Rural Economic Divide Be Reversed?
(Photo by Paul Weaver/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) In the aftermath of Joe Biden’s election, there’s lots of attention to the urban-rural divide in America’s votes. But the ...
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Urban vs. rural 5G: Midband spectrum, FirstNet and acquisitions have driven coverage
Ookla breaks down the expansion of rural 5G availability by the three national carriers from 2019-2024, including the top 10 ...
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Improved connectivity, not urban migration, is the best way to help people in world’s rural areas develop, UN says
ending the rural-urban divide. UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the new technologies opened up new opportunities for rural development. “Opportunities exist to build a greener ...