Rural areas (also referred to as "the country," and/or "the countryside") are settled places outside towns and cities. Such areas are distinct from more intensively settled urban and suburban areas, and also from unsettled lands such as outback, American Old West or wilderness. Inhabitants live in villages, hamlets, on farms and in other isolated houses. In modern usage, rural areas can have an agricultural character, though many rural areas are characterized by an economy based on logging, min… (More on Rural)