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Many small independents operated decentralized, locally owned and locally oriented telephone networks that offered cheaper but mediocre quality service to a small towns and rural areas, and did not provide long distance. [92] [93] By 1912 there were 3200 rural telephone systems, doubling by 1927. Most were not-for-profit cooperatives that were ...
Children in rural areas had lower rates of poverty than those in urban areas (18.9 percent compared with 22.3 percent), but more of them were uninsured (7.3 percent compared with 6.3 percent). A higher percentage of "own children" in rural areas lived in married-couple households (76.3 percent compared with 67.4 percent).
Grant DeVolson Wood (February 13, 1891 – February 12, 1942) was an American artist and representative of Regionalism, best known for his paintings depicting the rural American Midwest. He is particularly well known for American Gothic (1930), which has become an iconic example of early 20th-century American art .
During fall foliage season, hundreds of tourists flock to Pomfret, a small town of 900 locals. Influencers overran a rural Vermont town. Now its locals are fighting back
The Tarrant County suburb houses a small population of 4,710 people, double the population in 1950. Lake Worth offers a rural feel, with many families and retirees living there and most owning ...
My name is Blanca Lopez, and I hail from a small town in Guanajuato, Mexico. I spent my childhood there until the age of 14. In the summer of 2007, my family and I arrived in Coffeyville, Kansas.
The Government planning statement does not specifically mention "settlement hierarchies", but talks about the availability of services to small rural settlements. The term is used a number of times in the guidance for preparing evidence for planning decisions; a settlement hierarchy starts with an isolated dwelling, then hamlet, then village ...
The automobile allows rural residents to travel farther, in less time, for goods and services. This, along with decreasing rural population, reduces the importance of the rural store. As businesses relocate from other communities, one town will become the trade center for its region, sometimes constructing a shopping mall.