Sentences with phrase «few rural homes»

During the early 20th century, very few rural homes in the United States had indoor plumbing or electricity, and poverty was at an all - time high.

Not exact matches

It's unlikely that you'll visit the culinary and literary backwater I call home, or even the rural retail suburbia I think of when «going into town» but I do hope you manage to fit a few small towns in your tour, just the same.

In practice, cities with dense populations and high economic values benefit, while rural areas with fewer homes and businesses do not.

I've gotten many comments from readers who don't live in the US or who live in very rural areas asking if there is a substitute if they can't find it in their area and a few other readers chimed in that they've been able to make it at home from baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) which seems to be available practically everywhere.

Birthing centers are few and far between in more rural areas, and some states outlaw home births attended by midwives.

Birthing centers are few and far between in rural areas, and some states outlaw home births attended by midwives (boo!).

I live in a small rural community, a few miles from my home temple, the Palyul Nyingma Retreat Center.

Housing is just part of the problem, although — as in many rural districts — few homes are available for rent, and many of those that are for sale need major work.

First, it was found that both fourth - and eighth - grade rural and urban students of lower socioeconomic status (SES) had fewer teachers with recent professional development in computers and mathematics education and had less access to home computers than did suburban students.

Researchers estimated the effect of education on lifetime earnings by «distinguishing between individuals who lived in rural or urban areas during childhood and between individuals with access to many or few books at home at age 10.»

Founded in 1949 to spur home sales and development in rural areas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's popular direct and guaranteed rural housing loans are one of the few places in America you can still get a mortgage with no money down at competitive rates.

(This is not a home insurance claim, but I couldn't resist) A few years ago, a UK resident was driving his kids to preschool in his rural neighbourhood when, out of nowhere, a 10 - point buck leapt out of the bushes and smashed into the car.

A few homes in rural Tuscola were badly damaged, and I thought about this as April approached.

By the year 2000 feral and homeless dogs (as opposed to dogs who had homes and had strayed) were down to a miniscule number in most places, and continued to be a problem only in a few large urban areas and a few very rural areas.

We live in a very rural community and we don't have dog parks or limited areas that lots of dogs play in — we have mostly stay at home dogs who interact with a few dogs in their neighborhood.

A few years later she interviewed rural Colombian women who had been forced to leave their homes to find safe haven from another deadly round of conflict.

From a more practical standpoint, higher tuition fees and a more elite class of law graduate will likely translate into fewer lawyers engaging in public interest practice (unless a newly robust culture of noblesse oblige ascends), and fewer lawyers willing or able to serve in under - served (i.e. rural, humble) home communities.

Thus, moving to a more rural area, while it may lower your rates because there are fewer cars, may also raise your rates because you will spend more time on the road between work and home each day.

It is a culturally diverse society with a population of more than 22 million.21 Australia's population includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) peoples and migrants from some 200 countries with Indigenous Australian peoples representing 2.5 % of the total population.22 In over 60 years of planned post-war migration, Australia has accepted more than 6.5 million migrants and in the most recent census (2006), 3.1 million people (16 % of the population) were reported to speak a language other than English at home.23 The majority of the population lives in the cities mainly located around the coast; however, many live in rural and remote areas ranging from dry arid land to tropical and a few live in what are arguably some of the most remote and untouched areas of the world.

Another is a process USDA is going through that could result in fewer households eligible for federally backed home financing in rural areas.

Federally backed home loans from the Rural Housing Service have been called one of the the government's best kept secrets because buyers can get safe, affordable mortgage financing in areas where few other loan options are available.

The rental shortage is particularly pronounced among rural renters with a third (33 percent) believing there are fewer homes to rent where they live.

My clients are considering the sale of their current homes, the acquisition of more land in a rural area and a smaller home with fewer frills.

Manufactured homes serve many housing needs in a wide range of communities — from rural areas where housing alternatives (rental or purchase) are few and construction labor is scarce and / or costly, to higher - cost metropolitan areas.