Burnett was disappointed by the fact that he was unable to shoot in high summer, but the film's autumnal landscapes have a quiet beauty and are free of the cheap, gaudy, corporate chain stores that infest poor towns in today's America. (theryder.com)
We're repaving this summer, putting in a new «line,» resodding the neutral ground, setting new curbs, using our proud new tax dollars - the workers all Cape Verdeans and wily Hondurans from poorer towns north of here. (bookbrowse.com)
In 1990 the state reached its high point of funding 45 % of the costs — the number now is between 38 - 40 % depending on how you calculate it — but the formula has been «corrupted» to the point where wealthy towns do much better (as measured by percentage growth) now than they did in 1990 and poorer towns do much worse. (jonathanpelto.com)