Grand Mound

Countrified and Suburbanite Life gives no one the chance to choose where they come from. That includes the town they were born in. However, depending on the child’s parents, the city they grow up in can be constantly changing. There are advantages and disadvantages to moving around a lot. One advantage would be the chance to be introduced to new surroundings. On the other hand, the person moving would be least likely to become attached to certain activities, clubs, friends, etc. Moving around also, does not mean they have to leave the city. They could be moving to a different neighborhood within the town. For example, when I was younger I used to live in town Grand Mound, Iowa. When I was around six years old, my family moved right outside
Iowa is big on agriculture, so it makes sense that most towns in Iowa, will more than likely take up a lot of rural space. Many people own farmland in those rural areas. Farmers tend to work longer than most Americans, and recent statistics show they are farming even later in life, driven by work that is their identity, aided by technology that lightens its physical toll, and spurred by solid profits off record yields (Capecchi). The land that people own have been part of their family’s ancestry for years. This land is passed on throughout generations. This explains why a lot of people in Iowa, are farmers. Also, why some of them hold job positions with the title, grain merchandizer, or tractor salesman. Although, they may live on a farm and their job requires agriculture, they do not all get to work off of their land. If they only have a small chunk of land, the likely hood of them driving to offices in different locations is great. An exception to this, would be dairy farmers. People everywhere drink milk. Cows take a lot of time and effort. Put the two together, and you have yourself a business. This makes it slightly more easy to make a living off of owning a dairy farm. This would turn out differently if living in the city, such as Davenport, whereas the job position a person holds would not deal with agriculture. In the city, there is more opportunities for various jobs.
This being said, people are what they make themselves to be. Their background is a huge part of their identity. A study from the department of Sociology University of Washington was carried out by Judith A. Howard, explaining identity from society. She stated in her work, “the concept of identity carries the full weight of the need for a sense of who one is, together with an often overwhelming pace of change in surrounding social contexts—changes in the groups and networks in which people and their identities are embedded and in the societal structures and practices in which those networks are themselves embedded (Howard 367). Considering every town has its own unique characteristics, each individual will turn out different. In the country, every night a person can look up to the sky to view the stars. Be as loud as they want in their large open space without disturbing the neighbor, who lives at least a mile away. There is less pressure influencing the appearance of their yard or house. Good old people of the countryside are as independent as they can be. The opportunity for change comes from the mind. For the small town kid, switching their secluded lifestyle to a crowded lifestyle, is a big leap for change. The city is a place where nobody really has the need to know everyone’s name. Making them feel left out. No need to feel worried, simply, there is too many names to memorize. It does not make it a bad place;