Hillbilly Elegy

enough city to attract Armco. Their
mansion, a gigantic manor home, sits
near a formerly proud Middletown
country club. Despite its beauty, a
Maryland couple recently purchased the
mansion for $225,000, or about half of
what a decent multi-room apartment sets
you back in Washington, D.C.
Located quite literally on Main
Street, the Sorg Mansion is just up the
road from a number of opulent homes
that housed Middletown’s wealthy in
their heyday. Most have fallen into
disrepair. Those that haven’t have been
subdivided into small apartments for
Middletown’s poorest residents. A street
that was once the pride of Middletown