I live in a rural area. My town is located outside of a city.
So is it a lot of farms or cabins where you live?
Rural area
In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines the word "rural" as encompassing "...all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. Whatever is not urban is considered rural."
Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas are commonly rural, as are other types of areas such as forest.
factories and shopping centres have often chosen locations just outside a community's city limits to take advantage of more favourable municipal tax rates or less stringent or non-existent urban planning restrictions in an adjacent municipality or semi-rural area.
In fiction.
- In the movie "Footloose" the particular town where all the high school students in the movie live, has outlawed public dancing, so one student decides to hold the dance (with the suggestion of the owner) in the flour warehouse located immediately next to the