As the population expanded around those centers, political processes incorporated the suburbs into
separate towns whose residents could pretend not to be dependent on the city and whose political concerns did not stretch beyond their own boundaries.
Adam Shankman's new film / musical Rock of Ages tells the story of a small
town girl Sherrie (Julianne Hough) and a city boy Drew (Diego Boneta),
whose separate journeys to chase their dreams of stardom bring them together on the Sunset Strip.