ABSTRACT
More important, the social environment of Vermount differs from Selton Town. Many Vermount men work in white collar positions and few are involved in shift work which leaves them free to socialize through the day. The owners of more pristine lots maintain a subtle pressure on each other to preserve the appearance of their immediate environment. Ecologically Vermount does constitute a different environment from Selton Town. The majority of Selton Town residents are outsiders to institutionalized power and influence because the positions and the resources their friends, effective kin and contacts control are limited. Most often their network of contacts is confined to the neighborhood and immediate workplace. In another Vermount household both husband and wife work, he as a clerk in a manufacturing firm and she as a stenographer with a large commercial enterprise.
