First, in Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily," I'm not sure the town does miss her. I don't see any evidence of that.
Concerning the town's attitude toward her, that would be for the most part the same as the narrator's. The narrator is the townspeople, or at least one of them. He reveals whatever information the town knows about her, whatever the town experiences of her and her house.
The narrator tells the reader that early on the townspeople think Emily a little high and mighty. They think she is a bit self-important. As her father dies and Homer leaves her (as far as they know at the time), though, they feel like she has been brought down and begin to not resent her so much.
In general, in addition to the above, the townspeople think she's a bit weird and spooky, and certainly eccentric.
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