# Confronting Urban vs. Rural Prejudices **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 6, 2020, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confronting-urban-vs-rural-prejudices/924916 "2020-11-06T19:22:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 105
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confronting-urban-vs-rural-prejudices/924916/105 "2020-11-07T23:57:12Z")
I wanted to point to a post I made in [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-good-about-rural-america/922450/) … that may be duplicative of what’s already here, but … > [@What (if anything) is good about rural America?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-anything-is-good-about-rural-america/922450/30): > > We live in a relatively small town. This. When we have visitors from diverse metropolitan areas, one observation seems to break into two camps: They love the homogeneity – the very narrow demographic. They’re tired of “Pressing ‘1’ for English” They’re a bit disquieted by the stark lack of diversity. One termed it a “white utopia.” And it isn’t always benign. The lack of diversity has a very insidious side that comes off as judgment, bigotry, fear, and intolerance. Or worse. The… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confronting-urban-vs-rural-prejudices/924916)._