Conflict between Urban and Rural

How much conflict is there between people who live in cities and people who live in rural areas? When Pew Research Center asked this question in 16 different countries, a median of 23 percent said the conflicts are strong/very strong. In the United States, a larger 42 percent reported either very strong (12 percent) or strong (30 percent) conflicts between urban and rural populations. Here are the U.S. numbers...

Perceived level of conflict between people who live in cities and people who live in rural areas

12% very strong

30% strong

48% not very strong

  9% none

The United States ranks third among the 16 countries in the percentage of the public that perceives strong/very strong conflict between urban and rural. In France, 45 percent of the public feels this way. In South Korea, the figure is 43 percent. 

The perception of urban-rural conflict differs by political affiliation in the U.S. "People on the left (53%) are more likely than those on the right (38%) to say there are strong or very strong conflicts between people who live in urban areas and people who live in rural areas," Pew reports.

Source: Pew Research Center, Diversity and Division in Advanced Economies