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According to Statista, there were approximately 57.23 million people living in rural areas in the US, compared to about 272.91 million people who opted for the urban lifestyle in 2020. But even though a majority, 56.2% of the global population, now lives in cities, more and more people are tempted to leave the chaotic urban jungle behind and restart their lives in a calm and peaceful environment.

And for those who’re wondering what it is like to wake up to birds chirping instead of neighbors arguing on the other side of the wall, this Reddit thread may be particularly useful. A Redditor u/MotorArea posted a question “People who live in a rural area/out in the country, what will 'city folk' never understand?” some time back, and received 4.2k comments.

From nature smells to burn piles, these are some of the most quintessential features of country life we don’t ever come across in an asphalt jungle.

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Night sky above rural area with tall trees, illustrating what city folk will never understand about rural living. The dark. In a city at night you can read a book outside. In the country on a cloudy or no moon night. You can't see anything. Not like it's kinda hard to see, but it's so dark you might as well be blind; the stars and gravity are the only way to know which direction is up. Also a clear night sky in places that get truly dark like that is something my vocabulary can't describe.

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    Deer crossing a rural road surrounded by greenery illustrating life in a rural area city folk might not understand. "Watch out for deer" when saying goodbye is another way of telling someone you love them.

    m1lk1e , Alex O'Neal Report

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    Wooden porch overlooking lush green trees, illustrating rural area living that city folk may never understand. A calm night, sitting out on your grandparents porch eating a grilled hotdog off a paper plate while listening to the summer rain hit the tin roof.

    Mayr069 , Virginia State Parks Report

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    Old pickup truck parked near a lit torch in a rural area at night, capturing life people in rural areas experience. When you hear a car door slam in the middle of the night, something is wrong.

    7e8e7 , SurFeRGiRL30 Report

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    Child riding a green bike on a rural road surrounded by trees illustrating life in a rural area perspective. Letting my kids just go outside and play. Ride their bikes down the street, go into the woods out back and explore. But more importantly just feel generally secure about their safety doing these things.

    cbinette84 , Virginia State Parks Report

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    A person’s hand reaching toward a clear sky above a rural landscape showing trees and power lines. Waving at people when you see them on the road

    DeusVultEXE , JK B Report

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    Pantry shelves stocked with canned goods and dry foods, illustrating rural area food storage and preparedness insights. The extent of our pantries and freezers. We can't just "run to the store" to pick up that forgotten ingredient or spur-of-the-moment craving. But if we're well-stocked, we can whip up just about anything!

    MrsChickenPam , Bob Report

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    Woodpecker perched on a tree trunk in a rural area, illustrating life city folk may never fully understand. The amount of animal noises at night.

    BellatrixLenormal , ianpreston Report

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    Bonfire burning in a rural area, illustrating what city folk will never understand about rural life. Burning trash in a barrel or a "burn pile."

    odomotto , Gord Webster Report

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    Rural electrical transformer setup surrounded by trees and hills, illustrating challenges city folk never understand about rural living. Constantly losing power because of wind and rain damaging old wires, transformers, etc.

    luckymonkey12 , Chris Hunkeler Report

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    Rural area landscape with a harvested field, trees, and a farmhouse highlighting rural life vs city folk differences. How little politics affect your every day life when you aren't surrounded by people talking about it. If it weren't for social media (which I avoid 99% of the time) we'd have no idea what's going on out there. Also, how quiet it is. I have city friends that love to come out just to listen to the quiet.

    techno-d , Charles Hutchins Report

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    Roadside sign reading last gas station in a rural area with open fields and distant hills under a gray sky When a road sign says Last Gas for however many kilometers

    yelofoley , Susanne Winter Report

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    #13

    Stacked firewood in a rural area illustrating scenes city folk may never understand about country living. I live in a very rural, very northern latitude and almost full homestead area. There are lots of thing different. Seeing stars and the Milky Way when it gets dark as well as full sky of northern lights. Stocking up firewood in the summer when it’s hot and sunny. With that the dry warm heat from your woodstove in the middle of the winter is something everyone should experience. Shooting guns off your deck to make sure they are still sighted in. Having friends drop in just because they were in the area. Taking a 4 wheeler to the store and spending an hour there because you keep running into people you know. Fresh chicken eggs and veggies from the garden Your local store is also your gas station, post office, deli, liquor store, movie rental. There are so many other things, I don’t see how anybody can even live in the big city’s at all but that’s just how my upbringing is.

    LongDuckDongus , Luke Jones Report

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    Car driving on an open rural road under clear blue sky illustrating life in a rural area versus city folk understanding. Its basically impossible to live if you can't drive, I live a few miles out of the village so I have to get lifts to work, to go see friends and everything. The only bus only leaves the village every 2-3 hours to go into the city and is ridiculously expensive. But it is gorgeous and can be so peaceful, i often take my dog up the hill behind my house, there's no roads and only a couple of other houses and its so quiet and relaxing, i can lie there for ages on a nice day. I also have a horse and its great to go for a mental out-of-control gallop through the fields and the forests.

    CB97sriracha , Kārlis Dambrāns Report

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    Nighttime cityscape with illuminated buildings and streets, highlighting contrasts with rural area living experiences. No light pollution, the night sky is amazing. It can also get extremely dark and silent. A large pack of coyotes sounds terrifying, but owls are music to the ears.

    JagerGSXR , Timothy Tsui Report

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    Close-up of network cables plugged into a router, illustrating internet connectivity challenges faced by rural area residents. How hard it is to get high speed internet.

    Ask_me_4_a_story , Marco Verch Report

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    #17

    Dense forest of tall pine trees with orange bark in a rural area, illustrating city folk’s limited understanding of rural life. They'll never truly understand the power of nature. The feeling of being surrounded by it and hearing every living creature all around you.

    mumbo_jumbo_man , Marius Benta Report

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    #18

    Hand holding a plastic cup of beer inside a car, highlighting city folk and rural area lifestyle contrast. Drinking and driving is more common cause the bar is so far away and Uber or Lyft are not a thing.

    mke0192 , James Cridland Report

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