FYI: The following article discusses the possible “reclassification” of Johnston County from a “rural county” to an “urban county” in the coming years. Make of it what you will.
Interesting information. Many counties in NC are "Urban" though. https://files.nc.gov/ncosbm/documents/files/2018ACSNC.pdf Even though that one map shows entire counties as rural or urban, the Census team generally classifies areas or clusters as urban, not entire couties. The map just means that some counties are more than 50.1% urban, not the entire county. https://www.census.gov/programs-sur...e/geo-areas/urban-rural/2010-urban-rural.html https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural.html https://www.federalregister.gov/doc...n-areas-for-the-2020-census-proposed-criteria https://mtgis-portal.geo.census.gov...ndex.html?id=94c61c34e2674a229fda427342e0367a There are no proposed changes in the 2020 Rural/Urban areas in our area based on the above official map. These are the current Urban areas.
Thanks for the information and clear explanation. So, it does seem like an “urban” classification simply affects certain areas of the county, already experiencing population and business growth, which in turn may attract more business as these areas continue to grow. (Whether or not they grow to become fully developed, “urban cores” in their own right, is probably not the issue. In other words, just because they are legally classified as “urban”, they may in reality, resemble “suburban” areas more.) So, some of the reasons for “rural” to “urban” classifications may be just semantics, in the sense that new, larger businesses (Pharm, high-tech, etc) seeking to relocate to an area, are unlikely to consider counties classified as strictly “rural”, since strictly rural areas rarely have the infrastructure available to support larger businesses and their needs. I imagine that this “urban” classification is just a way for a county to signal that specific areas in a county are more conducive to development than others. This online article then, as it is written, fails to include these important details to JoCo readers.
Except from the bears, coyotes, & snakes. Neighbors, if you can call them that, use donkeys to protect
Bears? Well, forget a “rural” classification for your county. They’ll have to come up with “hinterland” or “boondocks” instead!
Nah, traffic was brought to a halt at Streets of Southpoint two years in a row several years ago due to a bear stopping in the road and then going through the parking lot.
It’s those rascal suburban bears again breaking into the mall to steal Cinnabons at the food court! Canada had the same problem with bears breaking into bakeries, except their bears were classified as “rural” bears, and not “suburban” bears.
The bear answered to the name "Yogi" according to an official identified as a Mr. Ranger Smith ......
Streets of Southpoint could really use a Ranger Smith though, to protect all those Cinnabons and picnic baskets……
There's an entire line of campgrounds that are called Jellystones in case you didn't know. This is one of the largest in the country, just a few hours west. https://campgoldenvalley.com/
That Jellystone campground looks surprisingly peaceful, and those “treetop cabins” they’ve got are pretty sweet. It was also thoughtful of them to build an ample staircase like that for foraging bears.
