Retro vs. Metro

Just discovered a great new book: "The Great Divide: Retro vs. Metro America" by John Sterling. He acknowledges that the United States has seldom been truly united, and there currently exists such a wide gap that the U.S. is effectively two nations: "one traditional and rooted in the past, and one modern and focused on the future." They are divided along racial, ethnic, religious, cultural, political, and geographic lines. The battle, they write, is not Left versus Right; rather, it's Metro versus Retro America. Retro America is defined by the South, the Midwest, and the Rocky Mountain states; Metro America consists of the two coasts (California) and the Great Lakes states. - Highly interesting thoughts about the current developments in the U.S., a great read!