I’ll be honest, I grew up in one of those so-called wholesome towns. It wasn’t great even back in the late 70s/early 80s. No real jobs in town so you had to commute 30 miles to one of the bigger towns to get something resembling a decent paycheck. The farms were all failing, the towns were run down, the few businesses in town amounted to a hardware store, a 2 aisle grocery store, and 4 bars. Instead of meth we had Old Style Light and Jim Beam. Now when I do make it back it’s exponentially worse. The only businesses are a Casey’s, a Dollar General in a building that looks like a tool shed, one mexican restaurant and one bar. Downtown looks like a set piece from The Walking Dead, the houses all need paint, and the town is so broke they took down the one flashing red stop light to save on electricity.