[stand watie]

in other words, the "downtown business district" of MOST major cities is "RURAL", as few people actually LIVE there???

as my grandfather used to say, "figures don't lie, but liars surely figure!"

free dixie,sw

[XRdsRev]

I certainly wouldn't consider it rural. What I was saying is that by the census criteria for determining urban versus rural areas (criteria I disagree with), that yes, conceivably a large business district with little or no permanent population could qualify under rural population criteria.