Palin's Small-Town Snobbery: Why it's time to bury the myth of rural virtue

Reason Magazine by Steve Chapman | Oct. 2, 2008 (Opinion)

The myth of rural virtue and urban vice is an old one in this country, and it persists no matter what the changes in the landscape. And whatever questions Palin may face in her debate with Biden, her paeans to small-town virtue aren't likely to be among them. Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 2, 2008

The author cites two university studies and a CMU professor highlighting the ills of rural living. However, the author misses throwing income / class into the equation. It may have been more meaningful if Chapman had controlled for income in his comparison.

As a city dweller myself, this piece does resonate with me.

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