Category Archives: rural and urban places

where is a good place to set my story?

in a new england state [ no connecticut]. preferably in a city that’s urban and rural! please put city & state! also how do you pronounce biddeford? How about New York City? You could make it take place on the … Continue reading

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Where is the best place to go in Ireland for vacation!?

I’d like to be in an area that has both rural and urban experiences. Ex. clubs and pubs, then castles and old world towns? I don’t know. I’ve never been to Ireland. I need some pointers!. Oh and with your … Continue reading

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A question for any Brits living in major cities and urban centres?

I am trying to write a piece for my local paper regarding the arms market and gun crime in the UK. As I live in a medium-sized, rural town gun crime is non-existent, however I want to travel to somewhere … Continue reading

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worst place to live in the UK?

Is the place you live the worst [or at least pretty bad]? And why? Personally, I live in Newport- south Wales. It’s pretty rough but I live out on the rural-urban fringe so it isn’t too bad. Got to be … Continue reading

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What is the most rundown city?

I want to know what a run down place really looks like. It could be a urban area, a suburban neighboorhood, and a rural slum. High crime. Abandoned buildings. Population going down in decline. Boarded up stores and houses. I … Continue reading

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How can you "go where the wind takes you" in today’s world?

If you’re going to be traveling in both urban and rural areas, you need money for food, etc. But random travel- even by foot- is not conducive to occupations, nor is it conducive, in today’s world, to living on whatever … Continue reading

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Can someone give me a story idea?

I’m going to use my Y! 360 blog as a place for me to put a story I’m planning on writing. I will break it up into segments or "episodes". I need ideas and page hits. If I don’t get … Continue reading

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Are PETA members really just urban trendy metro-sexual, liberals, fashionistas and hippies? ?

…that are out of touch with most of rural and middle America? They have little to no understanding of the culture and economies of places outside the big cities? I wish you could have been with me at the last … Continue reading

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Comparing 2 types of poverty: pre-industrial rural China vs. post-industrial U.S. cities?

I am writing a paper examining poverty as a function of economic evolution. I am interested in the economic similarities and differences between poor people in rural China and America’s urban poor. Both face great hardships and barriers to advancement. … Continue reading

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Why are American dreams and nightmares all about Mexico?

America simply cannot keep allowing hordes of people to move into our country. Already there is a fight between the states, and our urban and rural communities, over our water supply. Already human population is taking up land that our … Continue reading

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friendly suggestions called>?

i’m an urban girl ,quiet ambitious abt the future,i’m pressed to get engaged to a person living in a rural place,well educated but not ambitious……we chatted and the wavelength of our coversations drifts in two planes. my parents and relatives … Continue reading

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Nice places to live in Seattle area?

What are some nice areas of Seattle to live in? My husband will work at Microsoft (Redmond), and I will probably work downtown. I don’t mind a commute (I have a 30 min. – 1 hour commute now). I have … Continue reading

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Texas: A good place for a second home?

I’am from California and I recently visited some family in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I also got to see a little of East Texas (Tyler), Central Texas (Austin), and West Texas (El Paso). Anyway, I really enjoyed the time that … Continue reading

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Can anything be done to move more of the "less invasive techniques" to the rural hospitals?

Less invasive techniques (endovascular coiling for brain hemorrhages, port access heart surgeries) are generally concentrated in large urban hospitals. Apparently, this takes place because the patients that require these techniques are more complex and require many specialists available 24/7. The … Continue reading

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how can human activity affect a creek ecosystem?

the creek is located within a rural-urban catchment where rapid development has taken place. The creek itself, has experienced years of deterioration due to industrial pollution and urban run-off. It has been heavily modified in its middle sections to provide … Continue reading

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