text: I have mostly resided in smaller communities, but when that smaller community has been near a larger one, there almost always is a rivalry, even an animosity, towards each other. Since the larger community usually has at least one University, it gets labeled as liberal and "leftist". The smaller community labels itself as the more real or American one, whereas the larger community considers the smaller one more backward or "stuck in the past". It all is a product of our human tribal nature. The race tribe, the Christian tribe, the well-educated tribe, the wealthy tribe, the I-been-here-longer-than-you tribe. Until we decide to work together for the common good, we will continue to have this destructive divide that is hurting all of us.