Question

Select an issue that divided Americans. Contrast ways rural and urban Americans felt about this issue

Answer 1

The have been many different issues that have divided Americans. Nevertheless, the 2008 recession is one that occured lately, and it clearly marks differences between the rural and the urban sectors in the USA.

After 2008, America has overcome the economical recession and new jobs have appeared. However, as it was shown by happenings like the 2016 Presidential Elections, thousands think that there has no been such recovery.

In this way, it is possible to say that Americans have been divided about the economical recovery after the 2008 recession. Rural and urban Americans have felt differently about the recovery; feeling the first ones thta there has been none, and feeling the second ones an actual recovery. This possitive and negative feeling can be explained taking into account that the country's recovery has mainly taken place in metropolitan areas.