The roads are generally in terrible condition, and the hardship of life in rural Georgia comes as a shock.
The government is due to publish a rural White Paper in the spring, setting out ideas on rejuvenating the rural economy and country life.
Both Shetland and Aberdeenshire also feature in the top 50 rural areas quality of life survey for Britain as a whole.
So, what do the graphs and tables tell us of the reality of rural life in England today?
And the fact that it talks about real life, it's something that is happening in the rural areas.
In contrast the simpler, frugal life of the rural tribespeople seems to leave them with a greater sense of contentment.
Keane was best known for his plays Sive and The Field, which depict the tragedy that often characterized life in rural Ireland.
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This was the closest I could get to ordinary North Korean people and it was in sharp contrast to the poorer, harsher views of rural life I got during the trip east.
The National Museum of Wales sites in rural areas - including St Fagan's Museum of Welsh Life near Cardiff - have closed to the public.
As we take time to connect with America's great outdoors in urban and rural areas alike, we are reminded of the varied roles our public lands play in our national life.
With the financial contribution of 541, 666 USD, the Government of Norway sponsors a UNESCO project in the Ukrainian city of Lviv, centred on improving the museographical conditions of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life.
The rural South in the U.S. and American gangster life are also known as an honor cultures.
Spreading from its agricultural origins to Korean people of all walks of life in both urban and rural areas, the dance has evolved considerably since it was brought to China at the end of the nineteenth century.
Through Mina, a woman living in a rural village in Asia, the important role of literacy in daily life is stressed.
Now if only China would play nice our great grandchildren may be saved from rising sea levels and they can live a less stressed more rural kind of life just like the rest of the world in the old days.
The movement of rural Indians to urban life could play a big role in achieving that rate.
That story began in rural Sandersville, Georgia, where Hudson spent the first seven years of her life.
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Just like elsewhere in rural China, younger people prefer to seek a more prosperous life in the urban fast-lane.
Recent conflicts and rural to urban migration that reduced the population of the region and changes in ways of life have caused a sharp decrease in the number of performers, resulting in the loss of many archaic styles and genres of solo singing.
In rural Sai Kung in the New Territories, a growing assemblage of techies have built an enviable life.
Since its inception in 2006, MeXvi has pioneered the assisted self-construction of homes in rural and semi-urban areas in over 13 states of Mexico, improving the quality of life of thousand of Mexicans.
Councils across Wales are warning that they face similar pressures, but rural campaigners argue that closing small schools has a huge impact on life for people in the country.
Those eligible for the award had to be aged under 30 and must have contributed "in an exceptional way" to rural life.
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In his 2003 film The Station Agent, he played a man who moved to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude after the death of his only friend.
But in crowded cities the great outdoors is rapidly becoming an elite destination - rather than a life-sentence to rural poverty - and domestic tourism is taking off along with the consumer lifestyle.
The low-skilled jobs also serve China well as Chinese rural migrants have opportunities to move up in life and gain some skills.
Thanks to the war and its aftermath, their children have grown up in cities and do not want to live a tough rural life.
Life in Beijing is much better than back in rural Hebei, says Li: his wages cover the family's rent, tuition for the underground school for migrant children that his kids attend, as well as the odd night of karaoke.
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