… of that in the metro areas because they obviously are economically viable and economically important as well. So there's that. Let me see if I can do some interesting facts. There's about 3,100 [counties in the U.S.], 2,000 of them are deemed rural by the Department of Agriculture. So 2000 of the 3000 counties are defined as rural based on density. Well, in 1996, Bill Clinton, who was a Dem, was a Democrat. (30:18–30:29)
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