A Tale of Two Towns

Why are the two small towns where I grew up so different?

I grew up between the old New Jersey towns of Flemington and Clinton. Flemington was the town that we “belonged” to and that I basically grew up in, because we were closer to it, and our errands and routines mostly centered on it. Clinton was always more of a place we visited occasionally to take a stroll or to meet a friend, but it wasn’t “my” town.

How…