A level 9 RURAL gym

that is excellent news

Haha, I'm at my parents place over the weekend, and here people in gyms range from level 8 (!) to level 26. So all gyms are like the one above.

I've had a lot of fun playing in these gyms, really. Placing stuff like Clefable, Piloswine and Hypno into gyms is perfectly viable here, they're close to the top.

Rural represent! Highest level gym in area. Rural gyms are so different than what players talk about on here, clawing for CP position, stealing spots, etc. Never see it here. I've had slowbro on top of lvl 4-5 gyms many times.

This is why when i see people complaining on here that sub 2800 cp pokes are useless i wonder do they not ever leave their city.

I put my CP 2906, 91% IV Blissey in a rural gym. It will probably stay there until the end of time. I noticed several times players trying to battle the gym, but couldn't take down my pink monster :D

I have some out of the way rural gyms that I can hold for days at a time playing solo. Everyone's game is different.