““Too many people glorified small-town America, making it seems like a Normal Rockwell painting, but the reality was something else entirely. With the exception of doctors and lawyers or people who owned their own business, there were no high-paying jobs in Oriental, or any other small town for that matter. And while is was in many way an ideal place to raise young children, there was little for young adults to aspire to.There weren't, nor would there ever be, middle management positions in small towns, nor was there much to do on the weekends, or even new people to meet””
![“Towns [in the Midwest] with immigrants are growing. Towns without immigrants are shrinking. It's as simple as that.” quote by Richard C. Longworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fd3/richard-c-longworth-105920_immigration_towns-in-the-midwest-with-immigrants-are_3057339.jpg)
