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What is the matter with small town America?

By Salena Zito
Published March 26, 2017 4:04am ET
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What is the matter with small town America?
A Fayette County Sherrif's car drives through Uniontown, Pa. The elites, who have the power, money, influence and education in every aspect of society, find the way of life of those living in small towns to be intolerable. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic) | Keith Srakocic

UNIONTOWN, Pa. — When Ahmad Endee immigrated from Jordan, the 33-year-old master watchmaker did not settle in Manhattan, N.Y., or Los Angeles.

He came straight to this former coal town of 10,000, to practice his craft and live the American dream.

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