I grew up in Swaledale, in Iowa. Its population was 220 when I was growing up, and it's probably 150 now. I lived in town and sometimes worked on the farms outside of town in the summers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only about 350 people. I lived there until I was 13. It was a marvelous advantage to grow up in a small town where you knew everybody.
I grew up in southwest Iowa, on a farm north of Stanton, Iowa, which is a tiny little town, a farming community. I went to Iowa State University and joined Army ROTC while I was there and just have had such a phenomenal life. I am a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
I grew up in a town outside of Waco, Texas, and we had 30 acres.
I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.
I was born in Iowa City and spent my early childhood on a hippie commune just outside of town.
I was born in Hawaii, but I was raised in Iowa.
I grew up in a small town in northeastern Indiana. I had an all-American childhood. And I grew up as an optimist.
I grew up in Columbus, Indiana, a kind of industrial and farmland place.
I grew up in Washington State and then eventually found my way back to Iowa City for grad school.
I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.