[ckosidows]

Coming from a smaller town (<30,000) I was pretty much taught this. I couldn't go a month without someone wishing I would move away and leave the town behind. I live in a bigger city now and I'm glad but it took effort not to feel ashamed of living in my home town for so long.

Most people in America are born and live in metro areas and I wonder if the same kind of mentality is taught to those people?

[emodendroket]

I lived in the metro NYC area.