Is there a widespread idea in America that rural dwellers are better than city dwellers?

The electoral college makes it so people from small states have their votes counted more, but when people propose a national popular vote some people react like that's unfair to rural dwellers even though it'd just make everyone's votes count equally. Also, there's a trend among those in the media, the so-called "big city elites" to take trips out to rural America and act like their views are more "real" than city dwellers. Do you think this is an aberration or indicative or a societal prejudice against city dwellers?