For me, the article only shows 1 data visualization which is expressly about the Rural vs. Urban divide. I don't think the article did the topic much justice. I wish it had more data analysis, rather than how it quotes specific numbers, in several cases, without really using them to relate to the thesis of the article.

For example:

"In 2021, according to the cdc, 107,000 people died of drug overdoses, the vast majority linked to heroin or fentanyl. No other rich country comes close to this rate of drug deaths (though Scotland is not that far off). And in 2021 around 43,000 Americans died in car crashes, which was the highest figure since 2005 (the number fell a bit last year); in Germany the rate was a quarter of America’s. Around 26,000 were murdered, against just 300 in Italy."

This is very very general information. Yet the thesis (I think?) suggests that health outcomes are different based on Urban vs Rural living. Why not relate not general opiate consumption data, but rather compare urban & rural opiate consumption, and relate to to another correlating factor such as education or economy. The article does to a degree, but I feel like it's lacking in analysis.