Is Gainesville, FL a rural or urban city?

Gainesville is a small self-sufficient city. It has most of the things anyone would need. It has a vibrant downtown with umpteen restaurants (many cuisines including Caribbean, Indian, Mexican, Italian etc.), pubs, night-life, arts and drama etc. The Hippodrome Theatre is the centre of Gainesville's theatre scene. read more

Gainesville, FL is a fine mixture of Urban and rural. The downtown area is very urban, with buildings constantly being updated and remodeled. However, as soon as you get a few miles away from the downtown area, it gets more and more rural. read more

ROCKY FORD, Colorado — Peggy Sheahan's rural Otero County is steadily losing population. Middle-class jobs vanished years ago as pickling and packing plants closed. read more