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I'm getting sick about hearing about the views of so-called "Small Town America." Those towns are dying, the vast majority of Americans live in cities and suburbs, not small towns. The only small towns that have a chance of surviving in the next few decades are those with an economic base that depend on tourism and/or a solid resource extraction industry.
The idea and ideals of "Small Town America" does not represent any real portion of America no matter what politicians try to tell us. America -- like every other civilized country before and contemporary with us -- is represented by its cities. "Small Town America" is only a romantic vision of America created by the elites in America's cities and the faster people realize it, the better.
