Cities: How to Make a Killing in Small Town America

Plainville, KS (Population 2,029)

Strolling the main street of this rural town makes for a quiet walk. Closed stores suggest Plainville is caught in the spiral of lost jobs and residents that has desolated so many farm towns on the Great Plains.

In Plainville, a town of 2,000, Chuck Comeau knew he could overcome the problems he had in running his high-end business from Los Angeles. “The work ethic and loyalty here are amazing,” he says. “People here just get along.”

Now Comeau, 51, is trying to spread the word, aiding a nascent effort to bring small business back to small towns.

“You can now do just about anything in a rural community,” he says.

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