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Rural Americans Speak of Hope and Optimism Going Into 2022

While 2021 has been a challenging year, Americans are finding strength in faith, big hearts, and opposing fear

Rural Americans Speak of Hope and Optimism Going Into 2022
Resident Richard Frei holds an American Flag in Winslow, Ariz., on Dec. 4, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
12/13/2021|Updated: 12/13/2021

Standing in a fallow cornfield next to a barren dogwood tree, an old abandoned farmhouse in southeastern Colorado appears to buckle under the weight of countless years gone by.

The tin roof is falling away in strips and unruly sections, revealing the rot and corrosion eating away at the wooden base.

Allan Stein
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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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