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Larissa MacFarquhar on Getting Inside Someone's Head

Conversations with Tyler

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The Underrated Factor That Induces People to Stay Instead of Leave

David Frost, Jr. lived his whole life in Ufala, Alabama; all of his siblings left the town because there was greater opportunity elsewhere. He heard that Judge Wallace wanted him never to come back to Ufala because he was a troublemaker,. His brothers in Cincinnati were saying, come join us, we can get you a job tomorrow. Just come join us and have a better life. And it was just sheer orneryness. I'm going to stay here. This is my home.

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