What does not fit the author's description of the hometown of her youth in the book marigolds by eugenia collier?

Anything regarding color, paved streets, or cleanliness would not fit the author's description of her hometown in Marigolds. She grew up in rural MD, and mostly remembers the dust that was everywhere, and how drab and colorless her hometown was. The one thing that stood out to her was the marigolds in a neighbor's yard.