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the first hit by the great recession and they may be among the last to feel the recovery, says dante chinni, director of the patchwork nation project. >> these places kind of feel the pain first, because the discretionary spending stops here first. i think they also get the benefit of any recovery later. because the discretionary spending is going to come later. and i think this last recession was so deep, even when things turn around people are saving money like they haven't before, and they just feel just more insecure as a whole and that means this place feels that insecurity you know in very harsh terms. >> suarez: small business owners like kip ward, say in this new economy they are forced to sink or swim. >> the customer is definitely in the driver's seat. we had rooms to rent for $69, $79. they're $39 now. so you know the market is what it is. and you either have to adjust to it and go with it or go broke. >> suarez: ward owns the historic anchor inn, once a vagrant's flophouse, now an eclectic bed & breakfast. its a cozy gathering spot for visitors and locals alike. we sat down with

. >> suarez: it's likely that many people in boom towns will be making similar changes, says dante chinniirector of the patchwork nation project. >> eagle and the boom towns in general are kind of a symbol of the exuberance of the economy for the first half of this decade. everything was going great guns it seems and it seemed there would be no down. >> suarez: were they built too much on the idea that there were enough buyers for high end homes with expensive finishes and appliances and all that? >> right. for every home a granite counter top. i think that was thinking. look, i think it's too early to say where we are going to end up when everything shakes out and the recession is done and we've moved forward. but it does seem like that concept of american life is going to change somewhat. >> suarez: cynthia sibley says one silver lining out of all this is strengthened sense of community is emerging, one that was missing when the town was expanding at such a fast rate. >> our church is growing and i think that we are providing a little bit of that expanded family atmosphere. >> suarez: i

career centers like ann arbor are poised to prosper once an economic recovery does take hold, says dante chinnidirector of the patchwork nation project. >> they're riding out the recession better, but i also think in the long run, once we get past the recession, we're still going to have a good 20 years of kind of sorting through a bigger economic restructuring we're going to have to do in the country and these places are kind of well positioned to kind of rise above that. >> suarez: and keep the campus and career counties attractive to coming generations of highly educated, highly skilled workers, with very portable skills. how farmers are faring in the recession. >> woodruff: tomorrow ray reports from america's heartland on how farmers are faring in the recession. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day. a wave of bombings across baghdad killed at least 127 iraqis. at least 390 more were injured. afghan president karzai said his government might need at least five years to take over all security. and the u.s. commander in afghanistan, general stanley mcchrystal, said he thinks he

still, sioux center is similar to other agricultural communities, says dante chinni, director of the patchwork nation project. >> these places in general-- they live in a different world than the rest of us, the economies function differently. they don't get the big boom, but they also don't get the big crash. but, you know, they've ridden this out when the rest of the country has sort of taken a dive. the question is how long can they hold on, you know. when the trough is like this for a little bit, maybe they're okay. if it stays down there, even the steady line that they're on at some point has to take a dip. >> reporter: one sign of that dip is already showing up at the weekly tri-state livestock auction. dairy farmers are culling their herds, providing a steady stream of what these bidders come looking for: cheap meat. but, in an agricultural economy, one person's gain is another's loss. relatively high prices for grain, used mainly for livestock feed, combined with a lower consumer demand for expensive dairy products, have put the squeeze on dairy farmers like darin dykstra. >>