In "A Rose for Emily," the setting of the town says much about the standards of the people who live there. The second paragraph of the story speaks to the changes that have occurred in the physical appearance and layout of the town. Miss Emily's house is one dating back to the 1870s, and it is adorned with "cupolas and squires and scrolled balconies." The house rests on town's "most select street." However, the rest of the town has been taken over by garages and cotton gins, suggesting that the town has become a more working class area than it once was. But Miss Emily's house remains a symbol of "stubborn and coquettish decay" amid the changes that have occurred around her. So, it is likely that the town's values have also changed because the socio-economic status of the people who live there is now different. For example, the townspeople all take seriously the payment of their taxes, while Miss Emily believes that she should remain exempt from paying based on a deal that her father made with a previous mayor.
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