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fantasy.
The fact is, YOUR job, YOUR family, YOUR neighborhood, YOUR livliehood aren't any more important to the rest of America than mine. And America clearly does not give two fucks about my community (South East Michigan).
Why would you think they will care more about your community than mine? Detroit is the poorest big city in America, for example, and is going through bankruptcy right now. Union workers are in danger of losing their pensions.
Does the Obama administration and the Democratic leadership step in to help? Do the rest of Americans say, "Whoa! We have to change society so that the former 'Arsenal of Democracy' remains viable long into the future!"?
Get real. Nobody give two fucks. 
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