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I am from Nebraska. Born and raised in the city. My family is all country. I have traveled the midwest extensively as a sales rep. I have rubbed elbows from the project housing in urban areas to the country bumplkin with a bed in the barn, and everywhere in between. In speaking of those that live in project housing and those that live in long time ago country housing. One's living situation is almost 3rd world, some are lazy others are depressed and a few are extremely ingenuitive, they smokes weed, drink Cognac, and eat greasy food. The other individual, lives in communities that look 3rd world, lucky if they have a septic tank, dip tobacco, drink Whiskey, pop pain pills, and eat greasy foods. There, I said all that without brining up color and race. Feel free to color outside the lines. Race and color aside, I just described 2 peoples that have more in common then any other groups on the planet. For the same reason they both bastardize the english language, it give then the sense of creativity and belonging, is the same reason they back completely different political figures? And it's not because they care or understand policy, or governamance, or anything that brings you as a reader to this site. It is for one reason. IDENTITIY. Period. Nothing else matters. The same reason why an urbanite bobs their head to a Jay-Z RAP song is the same reason why my country folk voted for Jeff Fortenberry (for those that don't follow Nebraska politics, he is the disgraced congressman recently indicted). Jeff swelled their ego and made them feel bigger and better about themselves in some fashion. They could care less about local bond issues. You will not fix this until the 2 groups agree that Coke is better then Pepsi.....because it is :)

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