Sentences with phrase «rural residents lived»

Most rural residents lived in large villages in the north.

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The divide between Virginians living in the northern suburbs and the state's rural residents has resulted in an divisive, toxic political atmosphere.

Chinese citizens receive an urban or rural hukou which officially identifies them as residents of a specific area and which allows them to live and work only in that area.

And those views appear to feed the rural - urban divide: A 56 percent majority of rural residents says the federal government does more to help people living in and around large cities, while 37 percent feel they treat both urban and rural areas equally.

These instances of self - denial make difficult any attempt to determine the extent to which rural residents feel they have attained anything approximating to an adequate life, let alone a good life.

A majority of the residents who addressed the Lancaster Town Board trustees lived on Peppermint Road, a rural neighborhood in northeastern Lancaster that is home to horse barns,...

The cost of living is lower in most rural areas than in most urban areas, although part of that lower cost of living is attributable to subsidies of rural governmental functions, (like road and bridge maintenance and K - 12 education), by residents of more urban areas.

Rural areas have a more solitary lifestyle, less affected by or dependent upon governments or other people, because neither the government nor other people tend to play as large a role in a rural resident's Rural areas have a more solitary lifestyle, less affected by or dependent upon governments or other people, because neither the government nor other people tend to play as large a role in a rural resident's rural resident's life.

For residents without their own vehicles transportation can be a big issue, especially for those living in our rural areas.

The Rural Development Project of the Year Award went to Lakeview Heights, a supportive housing residence near Seneca Falls that provides 26 apartments for people living with persistent and severe mental illness, and 14 for low - income residents.

This volunteer - based organization serves vulnerable residents who live in rural communities and will benefit greatly from the additional funding.

For most rural residents, their volunteer firefighters (and EMTs) are hometown heroes dedicated to preserving life and property.

As a result, communities like Kingston and Wawarsing, which have a high proportion of residents living under the poverty line, end up bearing the lion's share of Safety Net costs while wealthier or more rural towns like Woodstock and Marbletown see minimal impact.

And in recent days, Mr. Flanagan has shown flashes of political sophistication in his own party, working outward from his base on Long Island — where nine Republican state senators, including Mr. Skelos, live — while reassuring more conservative upstate Republicans on issues like the Safe Act, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's 2013 gun control law, which he supported but many rural residents abhor.

In spite of such known urban pressures on health as air and water pollution, water shortage, overcrowding, poor housing, the stresses of city transportation and the generally accelerated pace of city life, there is no substantial evidence from the National Health Survey that the overall health of the urban resident is worse than that of the rural resident.

For instance, the Rockefeller Foundation published a highly influential report, «Good Health at Low Cost,» promoting China's patriotic health campaign, Costa Rica's universal health insurance, Sri Lanka's land reform movement and Kerala's rural nurse - midwives as reasons residents of these areas were living better.

In the United States, unless you are among the 19.3 percent of residents who live in a rural area, you probably know how those folks in Los Angeles felt.

Set in the late 1800s, the residents of the rural Covington Village live in an idyllic community, but not without its price: The woods that surround them are haunted by unspeakable creatures.

A unique benefit of the school's rural location, Rearick reports, is that the active church life of the residents promotes strong families.

In Ghana, Acqua for Life expanded from rural communities into urban areas in 2013, installing mechanized boreholes to provide water to residents of the Aboabo slum, in Ghana's second biggest city of Kumasi.

Colleges Discover the Rural Student Students from rural areas, where residents are more likely to live in poverty and have lower education levels than those labeled urban, suburban or town, only make up less than 30 percent of college students nationRural Student Students from rural areas, where residents are more likely to live in poverty and have lower education levels than those labeled urban, suburban or town, only make up less than 30 percent of college students nationrural areas, where residents are more likely to live in poverty and have lower education levels than those labeled urban, suburban or town, only make up less than 30 percent of college students nationwide.

Residents of the rural West, many of the queens Burbick interviewed for the book are skilled ranchhands who were raised on horseback, capable of breaking horses and branding beeves women who have witnessed the waning of farm life.

Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library — Hoopa, CA Year: 2007 Amount: $ 10,000 Grant: National Award for Library Service As California's only joint county - tribal library on an Indian reservation, the Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library has become a center for the rural community of Hoopa Valley, connecting thousands of residents of all ages with Native American reading materials, computer access and the prospect of a better life through literacy.

Some secrets are too terrible to reveal... Some crimes are too unspeakable to solve... In the sleepy rural town of Painters Mill, Ohio, the Amish and «English» residents have lived side by side for two centuries.

With a majority of residents living in rural areas, it's no surprise that mobile homes and manufactured homes are commonplace.

Residents in Edmonton and the surrounding communities appreciate the amenities of modern living as well as the charms a rural setting provides.

But it was also to give us a view into a day in the life of a number of long - term and a particularly sad case of a 10 year resident in a rural shelter.

«The Communist Revolution Was Caused By The Sun» aligns the life of post-soviet rural residents and the futurological projects of Russian cosmism to emphasize that the goal of the early Soviet breakthroughs aimed at the conquest of outer space was not so much technical acceleration, but the common cause of humankind in their struggle against limitations of earthly life.

A pair of Armenian researchers who locals call the «stork girls» are recruiting «nest neighbors» in rural villages to help them monitor the country's population of the large wading birds, which have traditionally been a symbol of luck and success in the former Soviet Republic.For the past four years, ArmeniaNow reports, young scientists Lusine Stepanyan and Maro Kochinyan have been visiting «virtually every area where storks nest in Armenia [to] distribute special calendars among the residents living near the nests.»

Meanwhile, rural area residents need help to adapt to exacerbated living conditions caused by frequent floods and droughts.

As a Toronto urbanite who grew up on a farm in rural Ontario, and who identifies with both city and country life, I recently became aware of a battle that rural residents of Ontario have been waging for five years, namely against the scourge of towering industrial wind factories that have been forced on -LSB-...]

Even if you live in a more rural area, about 88 percent of New York state residents are urban, according to Iowa State University — hence higher car insurance rates.

With a majority of residents living in rural areas, it's no surprise that mobile homes and manufactured homes are commonplace.

The USDA is extending funding to help reduce energy costs for residents who live in remote rural areas.

Meanwhile, residents who live in both rural and urban areas are being urged to cut back their water use, stop washing their vehicles as often, replace lawns with desert - like landscaping and replace washing machines and dishwashers with more efficient appliances.

A rural local authority district is one where the majority of residents live in rural areas.