Small town suburbia
It could be a scene from any suburb in America. Moms gathered in the semi-shade while the kids play in the nearby pool. It’s not any suburb, it’s Wilton. A small town of 800 people along Highway 83, north of Bismarck. Life in small rural towns in the Northern Plains is pretty much like life anywhere in America — most of the time. Winters are legendary. They are rugged, but summers are intense with long hours of daylight for neighbors to gather and do what Americans do in the summer, relax and rejuvenate. Well, most North Dakotans do, anyway, the ones in town. Their rural cousins are too busy this time of year to spend much pool time, but life in even a small town like Wilton is good.
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