The places that were keenest on American cars during the clunkers program were rural, agricultural “Tractor Country” (69 percent American); the graying “Emptying Nests” (57 percent); the socially conservative “Evangelical Epicenters” (46 percent); and the small-town “Service Worker Centers” (46 percent). These places may have opted for American autos because fewer foreign-car dealerships are near them. Or maybe cultural preferences came into play. Regardless, those places sent the money and car orders back to Detroit. Those places also received much less of the total $3 billion – less than $500 million.

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