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I love farmer's markets and we have quite a few within driving distance, a couple even within walking distance. But I live just outside a "big" city (Philadelphia) so the ones closest to town and where I live aren't as rural, old fashioned as some others. One example of what the more rural ones have that the more urban ones don't (at least around here) is the sale/auction of livestock, like cows, pigs, horses, chickens, etc. and an area where they auction off other cool stuff or junk, depending on your perspective; sometimes the auction items are old furniture that I like or farming or other types of tools.
These more rural ones I go to less often, maybe once or twice a year; my kids enjoy it, too, mostly because of the live animals and the rural atmosphere. The closer ones we go to at least once a week. While they have great fruits, vegies, meats, baked goods, etc., to me they are quite "yuppified" but still with generally high quality products, though not priced as reasonably as the rural markets...transportation costs and passing thru another set of hands adds cost; even though the presence of the Amish and Pennsylvania Dutch is quite prevalent at these markets (they have their own booths for selling their wares) and I wouldn't call them yuppies, though they seem to have cleverly figured out the sources of good cash flow.
The main reason I like the ones I most frequent is the high quality foods, especially locally grown organic and non-organic meats and vegies. Good sushi stand, too.
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