Here, the traffic is somewhere between urban and suburban. (I live in an older suburb of Cleveland that's a stone's throw away from downtown, is near two large hospitals and a university, but has large residential as well commercial areas. It's fun.) Most drivers are relatively courteous, largely because they're used to seeing cyclists. (Because of my neighborhood's proximity to the university, there are a lot of students who think a mile is too far to walk.)

I don't like riding in it, because of the planning (or lack thereof) of street parking around here. There are often parked cars on all the streets I ride on, so traffic patterns get crazy. I hate dodging pedestrians and parked cars.

My rural riding has been largely on trails, but most people have let me across the street out in rural areas. I'll never forget the rusty old Ford (stereotypical redneck vehicle) whose driver was the only one of a long string of cars to stop for me on one crossing.