There’s an issue that people in big cities and rural areas agree on, according to a new poll
November 17, 2025
A new survey from the American Communities Project shows that pessimism about the country’s future has risen in cities since last year, but rural America is more optimistic about what’s ahead for the U.S. The poll also found that despite President Donald Trump’s insistence that crime is out of control in big cities, residents of the nation’s largest metropolitan centers are less likely to say that crime and gun violence are among the chief concerns facing their communities than they were a couple of years ago. The survey looked at moods and priorities across 15 different types of communities, including heavily Hispanic areas, big cities, and different kinds of rural communities.