Relating to or denoting the regions outside a metropolis.
rural and non-metropolitan America
the residents of non-metropolitan areas
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Urban and rural, metropolitan and non-metropolitan, places are economically, environmentally, and socially interdependent.
Agriculture and forestry are not a major source of rural and non-metropolitan income, nor do they provide employment for most rural or non-metropolitan people.
The increase in teacher aide support was predominantly to students in the non-metropolitan area.
Nearly 30 per cent of non-metropolitan workers earn less than $12 per hour compared with just 23 per cent of city workers.
Obviously other things being equal the non-metropolitan areas will grow faster than metropolitan areas.
Already one politician has put up his hand to lead a new non-metropolitan state.
The real problems the non-metropolitan areas face are different, and require different responses.
One of the things I love about blogging is how non-metropolitan it is.
Edwin Mills noted the remarkable similarity of metropolitan and non-metropolitan employment shares.
Civil law powers, such as France, were more systematic in incorporation of metropolitan law into non-metropolitan territories.