A review by morganevans
Alienated America: Why Some Places Thrive While Others Collapse by Timothy P. Carney

5.0

I enjoyed Hillbilly Elegy immensely and Carney's book reminds me of an updated or newer follow up story while exploring the 2016 presidential election. Is the "American Dream" dead in weaker communities with job loss, drug addictions, fractured families and isolation? Why did Donald Trump do so well in fly over areas such as West Virginia but barely register in strong well formed communities such as Chevy Chase, Maryland? Definitely one of the best thought provoking books I've read in 2021.