Where I live.

We live in Yuma, Colorado. The latest population census puts us at 3,500 people.

We have:
Three stop lights
Three gas stations (one with a 24-hr convenience center) (another one with E85)
Three implement dealers
One dealership
Two grocery stores
Two (grain) companies (one is our CO-OP)

Some of our streets are not paved. Many of our streets do not have side walks.  We have a movie theater that plays one a movie once a night for three days out of the week.  We have a lot of churches.  School sports are life-and-death here.

We live on the Western boundaries of tornado alley and the Ogallala aquifer.

Our school district has about 800 students total, and buses kids in from 20+ miles away on dirt roads.

After moving here we discovered that "rural-ness" is measured by distance to the closet Wal-Mart. We travel 60 miles one way for ours.

We live two hours from the original Cabela's. A Saturday trip for many people here, even for window shopping.

We are the the big town out here. There are people who come to Yuma to shop for food and supplies.