Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 56 blue collar 54 gritty 50 poverty stricken 49 humble beginnings 49 impoverished 45 upbringing 45 desolate 43 Depression era 43 boyhood 42 downtrodden 42 ramshackle 42 bustling 41 fabled 41 backwater 41 ghetto 40 dusty 39 sparsely populated 39 quaint 39 unassuming 39 humble 39 suburbia 39 rugged 39 thrived 39 sprawling 39 prospered 38 rustic 38 scruffy 38 seedy 38 far flung 38 immigrant 38 barren 38 close knit 38 hometown 38 idyllic 38 travails 37 gruff 37 insular 37 ranching 37 unforgiving 37 rural 37 nondescript 37 hamlet 37 roots 37 rolling hills 36 grit 36 bohemian 36 thriving 36 toiling 36 tight knit 36 toiled 36 native 36 mountainous 36 lifelong resident 36 emigrated 36 Raised 36 cosmopolitan 36 struggles 35 bustle 35 tiny 35 immigrated 35 slums 35 steeped 35 storied 35 heartland 35 picturesque 35 folksy 35 destitute 35 quintessential 35 brash 35 arid 35 lived 35 Hailing 34 toil 34 Appalachia 34 rough 34 wealthy 34 frigid 34 Born 34 beginnings 34 scrappy 34 famed 34 milieu 34 cowboy 34 lore 34 poorest 34 seaside 34 heyday 34 drab 34 outskirts 34 hustling 34 suburban 33 affluent 33 hills 33 upstate 33 sleepy 33 denizens 33 faraway 33 easygoing 33 plucky 33 foothills 33 natives