Since the less than sign doesn't have a line under it "making it less than or equal to" the dot on the graph is not shaded, and if you simply read the inequality, x is less than 1, so it goes in the direction less than 1.
A large city represents an area where people live closer together than they do in the countryside, or in small cities. Hence its population density is greater than the average for cities and rural areas combined.
The population density of Cleveland is greater than that of the state of Ohio.
