Can emergent communities thrive in rural areas?

Adam L. Gordon-Lauck asks a million dollar question, with an answer worth a mint...as to exploring the "why is this so?"

Can emergent communities thrive in rural areas?

My answer would be, "It could happen, but it would be difficult." I hope that I'm going to be able to expound on some answers to these questions in the coming months and years. But for now I will have to settle with uncertainty. Adam L. Gordon-Lauck, link

Related...this ("You Might Be Emerging If...") .. is scary and funny