Trae (Trey) Stephens

We've kind of robbed an entire generation of what we used to think of as the American dream.

No, that's absolutely true.

In cities, that is the problem.

In large sections of America that are more rural or suburban, I think the American dream is still somewhat alive.

But the problem is that the jobs are not remaining in those communities.

Now, there are some exceptions.

There are high growth jobs.

you know, suburban environments in America.

You know, the surroundings of Nashville are, you know, probably some of the best in the country.

But, you know, I don't think that applies to everywhere.

You know, Ohio did not have that story for a very long time.

Yeah, I mean, I love company towns.

I think company towns are amazing.

I wish we had more of them.

What Walmart has done in Bentonville is incredible.

I would love to see other major companies set up their headquarters in places that are not part of the current economic growth story in America and see if they can build old company towns as well.

That'd be really cool.

Yeah, I mean, I definitely think that –

I wouldn't say they're obsolete, but they're highly specialized.

And for some things that you might do, you kind of need to have the academic background to do it.