I think it’s terribly sad that I agree with every fiber of what Mr. Al says in his song and yet as the closing notes filter out of my computer speakers, my fingers are busy typing an email to my spouse with a link to the article about teenage brains further down in the Neatorama list. Nice.
As a resident of the 2nd largest eastern community in North Dakota, I would venture that this situation is a combination of (capitals fully intended): The small town thinking of a Great Idea to attract more residents, but not too fond of the Reality of actually getting new residents from Elsewhere. The new residents from Elsewhere choosing to open the EXACT SAME SHOP as one of the handful of existing shops in town. The fact that the new residents were handed money in tough economic times while longtime townies got nada.
Bottom line is that in order for such a small town to enact their Great Idea, they pretty much had to have everybody in on the plan. So it's not like it should have been a surprise when the new people showed up and were a little different. I don't think the ethnicity of the family had much to do with it in this case but I could be wrong. It is unfortunate to say this but I can almost guarantee that if the family had been black, Asian, or of some kind of Middle Eastern descent it WOULD have been a factor. Whether the townies care to admit it or not, old-fashioned resentment runs deep and this is some mighty white folk in this neck of the woods. Or plains, I guess.
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The small town thinking of a Great Idea to attract more residents, but not too fond of the Reality of actually getting new residents from Elsewhere.
The new residents from Elsewhere choosing to open the EXACT SAME SHOP as one of the handful of existing shops in town.
The fact that the new residents were handed money in tough economic times while longtime townies got nada.
Bottom line is that in order for such a small town to enact their Great Idea, they pretty much had to have everybody in on the plan. So it's not like it should have been a surprise when the new people showed up and were a little different. I don't think the ethnicity of the family had much to do with it in this case but I could be wrong. It is unfortunate to say this but I can almost guarantee that if the family had been black, Asian, or of some kind of Middle Eastern descent it WOULD have been a factor. Whether the townies care to admit it or not, old-fashioned resentment runs deep and this is some mighty white folk in this neck of the woods. Or plains, I guess.