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Compare And Contrast Hoxington And Martin

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While both Lexington, Kentucky and Martin, Tennessee are predominantly considered college towns; it is the only definitively similarity I have noted while living in both. Young when I initially discovered Lexington, I fell in love with its southern charm and large horse farms that embodied the American Dream, and while Martin is located in the south it lacks in the same hospitality and beauty being that every turn you make leads you to yet another slaughter house and not many step off their farms for they grow and rear what they need to survive. Lexington draws to the large population it carries with its varied shopping options and dining experiences that leave you going all day without fully discovering all that the town has to offer, while

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