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Don't get me wrong, both of my parents are from small southern towns. I actually enjoy my visits... short lived. The operative word here is "from". They left.
I think mobility has allowed people to not simply live where they can, but to live where they choose. That choice is often based on lifestyle, or the belief that a city or neighborhood is populated with 'like minded folks".
How many of us would willingly leave London or New York, even though living in either place can be a financial blood letting? A friend of mine, former CFO for Travel and Leisure magazine told me: most New Yorkers have no idea why you would ever live anywhere else. He then pointed out that most of them have never been anywhere else. But that didn't matter.
So, no. I don't believe everyone in these small towns fits the earlier descriptions. But I do believe folks choose comfortable or familiar environs.
We visited about 40 homes that day, most of them in horrible shape. Half of them with McCain signs in front even though they were listed as Undecided. Several slammed doors. Many more "get the fuck outta' here" looks. I tried to keep and open mind (obviously), but I was really disturbed by that experience.
Or maybe I just need to get out more.