Reply #2: I don't know that facts support the idea that ignorance is worse

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in rural areas.

Ignorance is quite severe in most cities and suburban areas as well.

I am often frustrated and disappointed by the easy stereotypes promulgated by the press. Most journalists live in urban areas, and they seem to find southerners and rural people to be somewhat alien and therefore inferior.

Even when southerners or rural folks are portrayed in a positive light, they are portrayed as "cute" or "eccentric." The media feeds these stereotypes in movies, articles, photos, etc.

It just isn't true. I've lived in rural, urban, and suburban neighborhoods, and seen both ignorance and tolerance in all places. I've lived in the north and the south, and seen all sides in both places.

It's the attitude and the ignorance that are at fault, not the places.