For all the tranquillity, peace and quiet that comes with being in a sparsely populated location, the longer you spend in such a place the more the unique challenges of such a location reveal themselves. Try living in a desert town which pretty much has just one major economic activity hub for example and you’ll very quickly realise what I’m talking about.

Few people around to be of assistance

Travellers in particular are taking more of a liking to hitting those sparsely populated locations which aren’t really earmarked as tourism hotspots. This is because it just works out cheaper that way as touristy towns can get a little bit too focussed on getting the tourist dollars. One of the unique challenges you’d subsequently have to deal with is that of not really having access to the type of assistance usually made available to tourists. In fact, there’s a town in Scandinavia which is so remote that they jokingly (or not) have a law which states that you’re not allowed to die. Nobody is going to find you if you do, or at least not for a very, very long time.

Everyone knows everybody

Sparsely populated locations often have a very tight-knit feel to them, even in the case that that community takes up a huge surface area. It’s perhaps a good thing if you’re just visiting for just a little while as a tourist since the novelty of interacting with new faces is very much alive in these types of places. If you fail to make in impression however you can feel like an outsider for the duration of your stay.

Slow development

Some people might say that this is a good thing, but slow development becomes a real problem when it fuels problems such as not being able to have an ambulance come out in time should you find yourself in some serious trouble.

For all that it has wrong with it, a vibrant tourist town at least has a million and more ways to come to the aid of its visiting gang. Development forms a big part of that, even if in some instances it’s aimed solely at the tourist market.

Sparsely populated locations which are still like that in this day and age appear to have been left behind in time as there doesn’t appear to be a drive to develop them anytime soon. You can be found wanting for basic necessities.

Not much competition

Contrastingly, in a state like Virginia you’d have a plethora of options if you were looking, let’s say, the services of a Newport News injury lawyers or any other service for that matter. This is because of the healthy competition which exists Newport News. But perhaps more importantly, the best of these service providers emerge to set themselves apart from the rest. This means that you can work with the cream of the crop, whereas in rural areas things can get very limited, very quickly.

Unless the location in question is expressly operated as more of a tourist town, then this general evening out of the quality and availability of products and services permeates even the tourism sector as well.