I live in a rural area, or what I like to call "out in the country"!
So do I!  I love that it is located outside towns and cities - it is so peaceful and quiet!
I agree!  The city is convenient, but too fast paced.  Where does the term rural come from?
It is actually from the Latin ruralis "of the countryside,"  Typically agricultural areas are considered rural, as well as forests. 
That't interesting!  Isn't most of America considered rural than?
Different countries have varying definitions of "rural" for statistical and administrative purposes.
North America.
North America Canada.
In Canada, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development defines a "predominantly rural region" as having more than 50% of the population living in rural communities where a "rural community" has a population density less than 150 people per square kilometre. In Canada, the census division has been used to represent "regions" and census consolidated sub-divisions have been used to represent "
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