No place like my home.

I come from a small county. Although, it is growing slowly but surely. There are two towns in the county, me being from the northernmost city. Dayton, which is in the southernmost part of the county, is the biggest and most populated. There are some sub divisions here or there in the outskirts of the cities but for the most part, everyone's house is on some land that has been passed down or that they have bought by themselves. In David Guterson's, No Place Like Home, he talks about "the master plan of Green Valley's designer and builder." As far as I know, there are not many corporate owned housing in Rhea County. The only thing corporate owned thing in Rhea County would be the Lowes, Wal-Mart, and Lay-Z-Boy factory plant. Well, there is the TVA that controls Watts Bar. So we in Rhea County do have some corporate owned things that contribute majorly to the way we live. However, the people owned businesses are still very much alive in the heart of the two cities. Pharmacies, furniture outlets, restaurants, and beauty boutiques are still there and have survived the recent corporate take over. The new Wal-Mart that has the grocery market attached with it, didn't come in till around four or five years ago and there was very much controversy over this such thing. This is because up until then, local fruit and vegetable sellers could make a living selling their produce in town. Now, though, everyone in town shops at the Wal-Mart. I mean, it does boast having everything you need. I think it important that the people owned businesses keep on the fight against the corporate business world takeover.