Reservation vs Rearden

In the book, the reservation is a negative place for Junior. The way I see it, Rearden is a better place for Junior rather then the reservation. At the reservation, all Junior had was violence, bad memories, and bullying. Since he was born different from others with water in his head and extra teeth, he has been the "retard" that everyone on the rez picks on. not only kids even older adults pick on him too. This is because they are all miserable and have given up, so they have nothing better to do but spread their depression. When Junior goes to Rearden he is called by his real name "Arnold" and everyone respects him. They don't respect him at first but they do after a while of getting used to the new kid. He gets a girlfriend who happens to be the most popular girl in the school, Penelope. He gets a group of popular friends like Roger and his friends. People stick up for him when the teacher made a racist joke. When at the rez, he's nothing but a punching bag, but at Rearden, he's a popular respected kid.