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    May 15, 2018
    What Unites and Divides Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities

    Four-in-ten rural residents know all or most of their neighbors; shares are smaller in urban, suburban areas

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    Four-in-ten rural residents know all or most of their neighbors; shares are smaller in urban, suburban areas

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    What Unites and Divides Urban, Suburban and Rural Communities

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    Key demographic trends are playing out differently across urban, suburban and rural counties
    The urban-suburban-rural divide extends to politics and perspectives
    Many in urban, suburban and rural areas are longtime residents
    Poverty increased more sharply in suburbs than in urban and rural counties
    Wide educational divide among rural residents in optimism about their financial future
    Broad agreement across community types that rural areas get less than their fair share of federal dollars
    Many say people in other types of communities don’t share their values
    Rural Americans have warmer views of Donald Trump
    Urban dwellers place a higher premium on racial and ethnic diversity
    Concerns about drug addiction are greater among adults without a college degree
    About one-in-five adults have always lived in or near the community where they grew up
    About one-in-six residents in urban, suburban and rural communities feel very attached to their local community
    Among those who say they’d like to move, urban residents most likely to choose a different type of community
    Four-in-ten rural residents know all or most of their neighbors; shares are smaller in urban, suburban areas
    Key demographic trends are playing out differently across urban, suburban and rural counties

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