Frank Boettcher wrote:

: My five state region about 25% live in major cities or coastal
: regions, the balance in small towns and rural. That's more than "you
: or I", but still might not be statistically relevant, so I won't
: belabor the point.


It's an aberration. As of the 2000 census, about 80% of the US population
lived in urban areas, 20% in rural ones. And I'm pretty sure the trend is upwards,
so the urbanites are likely more than 80% now.

-- Andy Barss