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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by mcphage on Friday August 09, 2019 @03:21PM (#20657502)
> particularly when these sorts of country towns are frequently mocked or derided by people like us

You bring up a good point, because that's another thing these country towns are known for—having a lot of respect for big cities and the people that live in them.

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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by tomc1985 on Friday August 09, 2019 @04:06PM (#20657840)
The feelings of contempt are mutual, which is fucking stupid.
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Re:‘No One Saw a Thing’: When a Midwest Town Banded Together... by mcphage on Friday August 09, 2019 @09:28PM (#20659577)
They are mutual, and it is stupid, but one of them is the subject of a thousand think pieces, and the other is, what, just treated like a fact of life? Have you ever read anything saying "hey country folk, maybe you shouldn't hate the people in the cities so much"?
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