If he really was Hmong, he won't no city dweller, he was merely living in the city. The Hmong are more country than Hank Williams.
Maybe the ones still living in the mountain jungles back in SE Asia....but Vang came to the United States as a young boy. He lived in Fresno Kalifornia, and that other blue state city in Minnie Soda. I bet he had a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker on his Nissan.