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When I was growing up I used to think that the best thing about coming from Des Moines was that it meant you didn't come from anywhere else in Iowa. By Iowa standards, Des Moines is a mecca of cosmopolitanism, a dynamic hub of wealth and education . . .

Source: The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America, ch. 1 (1989).
-- Bill Bryson, (Dec 8 1951-____), US writer; He is noted for his humourous travel books, e.g., The Lost Continent, which chronicles a trip in his mother's Chevy around small town America.

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