The drying up of longstanding communities well beyond the city limits isn’t a new issue facing rural dwelling American’s. No, it’s a trend brought on bright light optimism, the illusion of a better life, whether it’s technological innovation, promise of jobs or financial windfall some money-eyed inward migrants expect from sheer proximity big business. Small towns have been getting smaller for the better part of a century as urban sprawl continues to eat away at what once was peaceful countryside. With every new land development site on the city outskirts, we trade a little privacy for progress, old-fashioned values for property values and a way of life for a way to live.

  • The United States of America is the 28th most urban nation on the planet, just behind the much smaller Bahamas and one ahead of Saudi Arabia
  • An estimated 82 of the US population resides in what’s defined as an urban area
  • The US is still becoming more urban, increasing at a rate of 1.5 over the last 5 years.
  • From 1910 to 1920, the number of Americans living in urban areas increased from 45.6 to 51.2, the US has been a predominantly urban society ever since.