America's Largest Urbanized Country In The World

David Detzer once said, “A city is simply a passel of people packed in a pot like pickles.” America, the largest urbanized country in the world, doesn’t necessarily mean that every city or town must have at the least a million people living in them. America has both a mix of large urbanized cities, and small rural towns. There are major differences in their location and lifestyle. However, with those differences, there are also similarities between their values and pace.
The location is the most important aspect in defining the difference between cities and rural towns. Take a look at the map of America’s most populated cities; you may notice that most of them are concentrated near a major body of water, whether that be a river, lake, or ocean. For example take the most known city, New York, and think where it 's located. Of course, it’s located near the Atlantic Ocean which is a major body of water. However, if you look at rural cities, you will notice most of them do not reside near a major body of water. Take Drewsey, a rural town located in the southeastern part of Oregon, as an example. This rural town is nowhere close to a major body of water. Due to the difference between locations you can find most rural towns in places where urbanized cities cannot thrive such as …show more content…
However, both types of cities do have their differences in location, from their historical purpose, and lifestyle, from their economic endeavors. And with thousands of more differences, comes hundreds of more similarities like ethical and moral values and the same fast-paced lifestyle. It’s also important to note that we can’t just forsake one for another because both rural towns and major cities have defined America as a hard working country full of