Having lived in Charlotte and its surrounding countryside, cattle rancher Shelly Proffitt is keenly aware of how urban and rural voters perceive each other there. She believes there's only one way to bridge the divide: Spend time walking across it.
Having spent time in the city and the countryside, Proffitt says she is keenly aware of how the two communities perceive each other.Having spent time in the city and the countryside, Proffitt says she is keenly aware of how the two communities perceive each other.Proffitt was able to give us a clear-eyed view of the divide because she used to live on the other side of it. Prior to moving to Kings Mountain 12 years ago, she lived in several big citiesBoulder, Colo.
She's a regular at Linwood, a charming cash-only mom-and-pop restaurant with hand-written menus. A bulky TV by the register, adorned with a hundred-dollar-bill sticker featuring Trump on its flickery screen, carries Fox News all day long as diners fuel up on hamburger steaks, flounder, slaw and fresh apple dumplings.
Proffitt says she was most interested in Mike Bloomberg at the time of this interview — but says she'll now support whoever the Democratic nominee is. Having spent time in the city and the countryside, Proffitt is keenly aware of how the two communities perceive each other."I think there's definitely a misconception that rural people are stupid or dumb, that we're uneducated. There's plenty of people who have college degrees here," says Proffitt, who blames the media and pop culture for that perception.
That judgement cuts both ways. Proffitt says rural communities can see their urban neighbors as"being out of touch with reality, not really understanding what's going on outside of those city walls. I think they see it as more of a rat race and, keeping up with the Joneses sort of mentality, whereas in a rural area, they're focused more on the simple things in life."
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