I live in a very rural area and can not imagine living any other way!
I've heard that rural areas typically have a low population density and small settlements, is that how your area is?
Yes its mostly forest and agricultural with no real town or city unless you drive 30 minutes
It sounds lovely! I've only ever lived in urban areas, so I can definitely see the desire to be located outside of busy town and cities.
Its very quiet and peaceful relatively low crime and I know all my neighbors for 5 miles
communities". Intermediate regions have 15 to 49 percent of their population living in a rural community. Predominantly urban regions have less than 15 percent of their population living in a rural community. Predominantly rural regions are classified as rural metro-adjacent, rural non-metro-adjacent and rural northern, following Ehrensaft and Beeman (1992). Rural metro-adjacent regions are predominantly rural census divisions which are adjacent to metropolitan centres while rural non-metro-adjacent regions are those predominantly rural census divisions which are not adjacent to
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.