When I think of opportunity, grit, and hardworking people, I tend to think of a lot of places. I’ll think of towns like Detroit and its blue-collar, hard-scrabble mindset. I think of Boston and the people's will hardened by the Nor'easter blowing in from the Atlantic Ocean. Both of these cities, and many more, can be characterized as ‘tough’ and ‘hardworking’ because of the people that live there, the struggles they face and how they don’t crumble while staring down the face of adversity.