Living In A Small Town?

A small town of 300,000? Holy smokes. That’s a city.
We live on the outskirts of a small town on a rural route.
It might have 1,000 people. It has a small church, post office, library and public school. That’s it.
No convenience store or gas station
Its not the kind of town where everyone knows everyone’s business.
We live 1/2 an hour from anything we’d every need
 

I could do it. Before I moved to my current location, I lived in a suburb of this city. Not a farm town, but a smaller community, where most businesses were locally owned, you could walk to a lot of places. And people knew each other. There were band concerts, firemens carnival, Forth of July picnic. Stuff like that. I liked it. I also grew up in a smaller community. Again, mostly small businesses, and farms. Several parks and play grounds for the kids, with recreational activities. And every summer the parks got together for a park parade. The kids in each park (under adult supervision and help_) would build a float representing their park. Then all the kids would march in the parade with their float. It was fun. The town has gotten so grown and developed since I moved away almost 40 years ago, there is no way I would move back.
 

ClassicRockr said:
We are getting our boat ready to be transported there in May.
We simply aren't the "stay at home or quiet type of couple", especially on the weekends. ​

Ok, now for your answer to "why you can't wear them now...…." is...…….visit Jacksonville, FL and you'll find out why. Jacksonville sure isn't any part of Colorado or surrounding states. IOW, Jacksonville has absolutely nothing to do with any kind of cowboy/western stuff, except a dumb concert once in a while.
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I've been to Jacksonville many times; I have relatives living there. None of them wear chaps and spurs, but they have no problem wearing whatever they like and to hell with what other people think.

I wore my nightgown yesterday morning to get a box off my front porch. I'm sure the neighbors were amused but frankly I don't concern myself with what they might or might not be thinking. I'm certainly not moving to another state because someone might not like what I'm wearing.
 
My nearest small town is called Turriff (pop about 4500) and is about 8 miles away, but we do our shopping etc in Fraserburgh (Pop about 11500 and known locally as The Broch) about 14 miles away. Aberdeen is Scotland's 3rd largest city with a pop of about 210000. It's 40 miles to the south.
 
I live about 8 miles outside of a small town of 800 people, it does have a yearly rodeo but it doesn't excite me. I went once, that was enough. We also have the annual Turkey Testicle Festival, which doesn't excite me either. It's about 30 miles to the city I want to move to which has about 110.000. And then of course, we have Fresno about 40 miles away! That's over 500 thousand people.
 
Linda said:
I live about 8 miles outside of a small town of 800 people, it does have a yearly rodeo but it doesn't excite me. I went once, that was enough. We also have the annual Turkey Testicle Festival, which doesn't excite me either. It's about 30 miles to the city I want to move to which has about 110.000. And then of course, we have Fresno about 40 miles away! That's over 500 thousand people.
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Turkey Testicle Festival? I have a feeling that the gobblers aren't that "nuts" about it, either!
 
Linda said:
I live about 8 miles outside of a small town of 800 people, it does have a yearly rodeo but it doesn't excite me. I went once, that was enough. We also have the annual Turkey Testicle Festival, which doesn't excite me either. It's about 30 miles to the city I want to move to which has about 110.000. And then of course, we have Fresno about 40 miles away! That's over 500 thousand people.
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treeguy64 said:
Turkey Testicle Festival? I have a feeling that the gobblers aren't that "nuts" about it, either!
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Not my thoughts exactly but pretty darn close. :lofl:
 
Well, some folks love the "Western" type things, while others don't. I find that folks who like rodeo action either were raised on a farm or on a ranch. As for myself, I had never been to a professional rodeo until I went to one at the indoor arena in Long Beach, California. I loved it and knew I wanted to be a part of it.

For the 5 1/2 years wife and I lived in Colorado, we wore both Western attire (to Western events) and regular clothes to other things. That's what we want back.

Those that live around where deer roam, fields of crops, livestock grazing, like we want to go back to, shouldn't expect everyone to like those kinds of areas.
 
I grew up in a small town in Eastern Washington near the Blue Mountains... wheat farms, aspargus and peas with the population of 2,427 give or take. As a kid growing up there we had to make our own fun. You move away then come back when you retire for the very reason that everybody knows everybody. Kind of like that tv show "Cheers" and the theme song "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"... Geez... and the gossip...

Now I live in a small community of about 18,000 just outside of Portland, Oregon (population 617,805). The metro area is 3.2 million which can feel pretty overwhelming during commute traffic.

So I live in a small town but can always explore the big town atmosphere if I have the hours and lots of money to spend.
 
The island of Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands has a population of almost 1 million. However, no matter where you go here on Oahu, it's a small town.

And I like it that way.
 
Well, there are those that have lived in a small town and didn't like it, than there are those that have lived, or still live, in a small town and love it.

For me, as far as "knowing your business" or "small town gossip", neither bother us at all. Just not that personal with things.
 
How do people in very small towns a long distance from a decent city get good professional services
such as lawyers, specialist doctors, accountants, veterinarians,
social workers,etc etc.? You must drive.
 
Victor said:
How do people in very small towns a long distance from a decent city get good professional services
such as lawyers, specialist doctors, accountants, veterinarians,
social workers,etc etc.? You must drive.
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When my brother is in his summer home in the PA mountains, it can take him, and his wife, some three hours or so to get to Buffalo, NY's VA Hospital for any appointment he has. He has Medicare and his retirement health insurance, but doesn't like using either. Pays monthly for his Medicare B, which his wife tells him is a waste of money, but he still keeps it.

When we move to northern Colorado, there is a VA Clinic/Outpatient in Loveland, but the hospitals are in either Denver or Cheyenne.

When people choose to live in a small town, they know they must drive some, or a lot, to get to certain things that a big city would have and a small town wouldn't. Many definitely think the drive is worth NOT living in the crime and traffic of a big city. Those that need a really good salary would either have to drive miles to that job or live close, or in, a big city in order to get that salary.
 
"If you close your eyes, Bruce's lyrics take you back to whatever small town your from, they're all different but somehow the same. Brilliant song as always."
 
What about Mellencamp?


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Kenny Chesney, John Mellencamp

Well I was born in a small town
And I live in a small town
Probably die in a small town
Oh, those small communities
All my friends are so small town
My parents live in the same small town
My job is so small town
Provides little opportunity
Educated in a small town
Taught the fear of Jesus in a small town
Used to daydream in that small town
Another boring romantic that's me
But I've seen it all in a small town
Had myself a ball in a small town
Married an L.A. doll and brought her to this small town
Now she's small town just like me

No I cannot forget where it is that I come from
I cannot forget the people who love me
Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town
And people let me be just what I want to be
Got nothing against a big town
Still hayseed enough to say
Look who's in the big town
But my bed is in a small town
Oh, and that's good enough for me
Well I was born in a small town
And I can breathe in a small town
Gonna die in this small town
And that's probably where they'll bury me


Songwriters: John Mellencamp




 
Is there some official definition of a "small town?" What population crosses the line into a "large town?"

I live in a gated community for people 55 and over, within a large, densely populated county. But our own little community has a population of about 8,500, and has a small town feel to it. We're not officially a town,
but it feels like one. I like it.
 
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hiraeth2018 said:
I grew up in a small town in Eastern Washington near the Blue Mountains... wheat farms, aspargus and peas with the population of 2,427 give or take. As a kid growing up there we had to make our own fun. You move away then come back when you retire for the very reason that everybody knows everybody. Kind of like that tv show "Cheers" and the theme song "Where Everybody Knows Your Name"... Geez... and the gossip...

Now I live in a small community of about 18,000 just outside of Portland, Oregon (population 617,805). The metro area is 3.2 million which can feel pretty overwhelming during commute traffic.

So I live in a small town but can always explore the big town atmosphere if I have the hours and lots of money to spend.
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One of our grandsons and his wife live in Vancouver, Wash., right across the river from Portland. They miss the being back on the east coast with family but other than that enjoy the area.
 
My wife and I moved out of Houston, Tx in 1982 to a small East Texas town of now 35K people. We don't miss the big city life. In January we will move to an even smaller town of about 19K population in a 55+ gated community. We have been visiting the area for the past 5 years and fell in love with it. If I feel the need for a big city I can always visit one to remind me why we don't live in one. :)
 
Smokey613 said:
My wife and I moved out of Houston, Tx in 1982 to a small East Texas town of now 35K people. We don't miss the big city life. In January we will move to an even smaller town of about 19K population in a 55+ gated community. We have been visiting the area for the past 5 years and fell in love with it. If I feel the need for a big city I can always visit one to remind me why we don't live in one. :)
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Yes, yes, YES!!! Totally agree.
 

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