That "depressed small town in the U.S. South" is Winston-Salem

The blog saw David Gordon Green's George Washington at the River Run Film Festival on Friday night. It delayed wine, and we had to watch a previously recorded version of the Capitals' loss to the Canadiens, but it was worth it because the film is wonderful.Wikipedia's description of the film's setting, however, (see title of blog post) seems a bit harsh given that the setting is Winston-Salem...