The program sought to bring rural areas, which had four to six years of compulsory schooling, into line with their urban counterparts.

In truth, given a computer and a phone, they may be well ahead of their urban counterparts no matter how rustic the weekend retreat.

He found that farm entrepreneurs are similar to their urban counterparts, "only more resilient."

To be sure, not everyone feels that suburban people are somehow less classy than their urban counterparts.

Rural America has the same communications needs as their urban counterparts.

But he can already guess how the Princeton kids' performance will measure up against their urban counterparts.

Males and females in rural areas who are age 15 or older attend school at a lower rate than their urban counterparts.

Bangkok has a relatively moderate crime rate when compared to urban counterparts around the world.

But women in the countryside face difficulties that their urban counterparts do not, like illiteracy and the lack of education.

Our nation is well known for its splendid country house hotels, but what about their urban counterparts?