--- title: "7 Rural Urban Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Rural Urban quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Rural Urban sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/erik-hersman-55928_both_i-grew-up-in-sudan-and-kenya-and-lived-i_138558.jpg" --- > [I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-hersman/i-grew-up-in-sudan-and-kenya-and-lived-in-both-the-rural-and-urban/) [Erik Hersman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-hersman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/erik-hersman-55928_both_i-grew-up-in-sudan-and-kenya-and-lived-i_138558.jpg) > [Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-dundes/cities-all-over-the-world-are-getting-bigger-as-more-and-more-people/) [Alan Dundes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-dundes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/alan-dundes-23442_bigger_cities-all-over-the-world-are-getting-bi_776663.png) > [Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-p-j-abdul-kalam/smart-habitation-is-an-integrated-area-of-villages-and-a-city-working/) [A. P. J. Abdul Kalam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-p-j-abdul-kalam/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e8/a-p-j-abdul-kalam-15851_city_smart-habitation-is-an-integrated-area-o_892388.jpg) > [Urbanization is not about simply increasing the number of urban residents or expanding the area of cities. More importantly, it's about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/li-keqiang/urbanization-is-not-about-simply-increasing-the-number-of-urban/) [Li Keqiang](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/li-keqiang/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f82/li-keqiang-10827_cities_urbanization-is-not-about-simply-increas_1126533.jpg) > [Tiredness sets a natural limit to what a human being is prepared to walk daily, and this limit has taught man all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leon-krier/tiredness-sets-a-natural-limit-to-what-a-human-being-is-prepared-to/) [Leon Krier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leon-krier/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/leon-krier-22420_being_tiredness-sets-a-natural-limit-to-what-a_1140255.png) > [“Symptomatic of this rural-urban identity crisis is our eager embrace of a recently imposed divide: the Red States and the Blue States.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-kingsolver/symptomatic-of-this-rural-urban-identity-crisis-is-our-eager-embrace/) [Barbara Kingsolver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-kingsolver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/barbara-kingsolver-200_identity-crisis_symptomatic-of-this-rural-urban-identity_2033873.png) > [They say country music stands for more than the rural life. It's about life, period, whether lived in a high-rise or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/keith-whitley/they-say-country-music-stands-for-more-than-the-rural-life-it-s-about/) [Keith Whitley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/keith-whitley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c8/keith-whitley-18150_country_they-say-country-music-stands-for-more-t_2367080.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/rural-urban/#itemlist", "name": "Rural Urban Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erik Hersman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-hersman/i-grew-up-in-sudan-and-kenya-and-lived-in-both-the-rural-and-urban/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/erik-hersman-55928_both_i-grew-up-in-sudan-and-kenya-and-lived-i_138558.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/erik-hersman-55928_both_i-grew-up-in-sudan-and-kenya-and-lived-i_138558.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9b/erik-hersman-55928_both_i-grew-up-in-sudan-and-kenya-and-lived-i_138558.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up in Sudan and Kenya, and lived in both the rural and urban centers of both countries throughout my…” — Erik Hersman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Dundes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-dundes/cities-all-over-the-world-are-getting-bigger-as-more-and-more-people/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/alan-dundes-23442_bigger_cities-all-over-the-world-are-getting-bi_776663.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/alan-dundes-23442_bigger_cities-all-over-the-world-are-getting-bi_776663.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a38/alan-dundes-23442_bigger_cities-all-over-the-world-are-getting-bi_776663.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but…” — Alan Dundes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has reduced to thin line.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "A. 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