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In reply to the discussion: New Concealed Carry poll [View all]krispos42
(49,445 posts)I moved here from a "city" of 8,500.
The former is in the distant suburbs of NYC, the latter would probably be the exurbs of the Twin Cities. I was among the corn and soybeans, but could be in downtown Minneapolis in about 45 minutes. Now the Metro-North commuter train can have me at Grand Central in about 75 minutes.
If it doesn't crash, and if that antique drawbridge in Norwalk isn't stuck again.
The best way to solve the question would be a population-density map. If you're in THIS color, you're rural, if you're in THAT color you're suburban, and if you're in THAT OTHER color you're urban.
But then you'd need a link to a cartography site that carries such things.
The Census Bureau has one, I think. I poked around a little on the Census website for your, but there doesn't seem to be a simple lookup feature or a map-making one.
Wikipedia articles on towns and cities gives a population density. If you live in the country (rural) you could use the county's average density, I guess.
Where I live is nearly 2,000 people per square mile. Where I used to live was a bit over 1,000 p/mi². The average of the county I live in now is 1,465 p/mi² , and the one I used to live in is 71 p/mi².