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Norms in urban and rural communities

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How do urban and rural communities differ in the formality of their norms and the strictness with which they are enforced?

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The solution discusses the formality of norms in rural versus urban society. Examples are given. The text contains 398 words.

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In terms of "norms," I assume you are speaking to norms of behavior or actions. In rural communities, these norms are probably unspoken, but followed nonetheless. This may include things like, dressing a certain way is not acceptable or acting in outlandish ways is not acceptable. If you entered a rural Iowa town and acted as though you were better than others and were somewhat condescending, you would not be well received. People would say things like, "Who does she/he think they are?" and you would probably be deemed an outsider/outcast to the community. It ...

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