Returning to the old neighborhood south of Dayton, Ohio, Tim Collins loses his bearings and gains perspective on residential development.

The New York Times wrote that the impact of rural development funding was "uncertain." One thing is certain, however. Failing to invest in rural communities will create two vastly different Americas.

Fixing all that ails rural America begins with restoring the American Dream of a representative democracy combined with a capitalist system to benefit the many rather than the few.

The poverty rate in rural America has always been higher than in the cities. But the gap is now the smallest it's been in over half a century.