It is Merced, CA...
It is a town like many others, maybe worse than most right now.
It is anonymous in it's successes and famous in it's failures.
It is created by industries, industries that thrived and industries that have failed.
It is a railside city, it is a farm city, it is a military city, it is a roadside city, it is a college city.
It is a city of the past and it is a city of the future.
It is a place built on hope and remains through dispair.