One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whe…

Edward Abbey
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One of the pleasant things about small town life is that everyone, whether rich or poor, liked or disliked, has some kind of a role and place in the community. I never felt that living in a city - as I once did for a couple of years. ✨ Edward Abbey (2006). Postcards from Ed: Dispatches and Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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