It's a small town. People aren't friendly?

it's neutral in people's mind. Every person I've ever met from Iowa had this neutral attitude toward it.

I still love Ken, ... He really means well. He put all his shots in the golf course project. It kind of blinded him.

In a small town, there is a thin veil of anonymity,

These exposed streets were the same everywhere, and the writer saw no truth in them. They were simply more visible in a small town.

That was an act I saw beyond anything that would happen in California, ... A white guy with everything at stake. That was an act of hope. It blew me away.