I just don’t think this is true, and I think it’s one more way that centrists are borderline deranged about cities. I have lived in cities for most of my adult life. I have lived in rural areas, too, for all of my childhood and a portion of my adult life. It’s condescending to act like people just

don’t have contact with rural areas. In my experience, it’s the opposite—I know people who have NEVER been to a city, and who think they know everything about them