Really, really small towns (villages)?

[Sheryl]

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Originally Posted by Ed_The_Gypsy I dunno, but inbreeding would explain some of the ugly kids in one little town in Ohio!

Hey! I resemble that!

[citrine]

Those darn Patels...they are just everywhere!
I went to North Carolina in my early 20's....about 10 years ago and just remember getting a lot of strange looks. This cute little boy in the Piggly Wiggly asked me if I was always tanned!

[farmerEd]

I live in a small town...less than 800 people, or about 200 households. I prefer it this way, though if I didn't work for myself (when I was employed), good paying jobs would be hard to come by unless you were willing to do a long commute (early on I had a 1hr 45min commute each way and it was a big motivation to be self employed).

I wouldn't raise kids any other way(currently have 4 under 11), but later in life I could see the benefit of perhaps living closer to "things" though its unlikely that I would ever sell the place(farm) I have now unless forced to.

[Dawg52]

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Originally Posted by haha Not to worry, Citrine. There would be at least one other Indian family there. Named Patel and running the local motel. Their daughter would be valedictorian of the high school. Ha

How true! My old company sold products to several motels in various towns in MS and almost all were managed by a Patel. I kid you not.

[kumquat]

I think I live in a city of 250,000, but judging by some posts maybe it's a small town. Having grown up on a farm 2 miles from our nearest neighbour and 6 miles from a village of 150 (people, not thousand) I find my city as large as I want.

And to answer questions posed in other threads:

1: http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...-29708.htmlYes, partyline on our farm ended in 1973.

2: http://www.early-retirement.org/foru...ony-29705.html
No, but his mare produced a foal for each of us. We were expected to use it to check the crops/cattle/general transportation. Oh, we also had to look after the stock.

Interesting the differences in life experience that RE's have based on place of birth.

[unclemick]

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Originally Posted by kumquat Interesting the differences in life experience that RE's have based on place of birth.

The burbs - God Bless Levittown and all the modern burbs which followed.

Think Happy Days the movie. Don't make to Sonic that much anymore.

heh heh heh - Under one hour gets me to the Big City - Kansas City that is!

[NotSoonEnough]

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Originally Posted by unclemick heh heh heh - Under one hour gets me to the Big City - Kansas City that is!

I think that is the best of all worlds, living in a smaller town, but close enough to a metro area to be able to take advantage of it's charms (eateries, malls, stores, brewpubs). Not sure what I would do without a regular trip to Costco...

[Fireup2020]

Oooooo - this almost sounds like where I grew up. Pleasant Grove, CA. K-8 elementary. 13 kids in my 8th grade class. One Jewish family, one large Mormon family, TWO black families, one Indian (Asian Indian) family, 2-5 Mexican families, rest of us generic RC or Protestant families. Wealthy farmers kids played with the trashy ones - after all, we have all known each other since kindergarten. Churches in other towns. No bar. No downtown. One dinky little "general store" that had a kitchen on the main floor and foosball upstairs. Lots of rice fields. Three similar elementary schools feed into one high school 17 miles away - located in the middle of the three regions (there is a blinking up there on 99 about half a mile from the high school!) The post office was the size of a small bedroom made from cinderblocks. We did have a local ceramic shop

Don't miss it at all! Probably why I am a geek, yet social butterfly! (had time to kill reading but was involved in anything that got me out!)

[TromboneAl]

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I dunno, but inbreeding would explain some of the ugly kids in one little town in Ohio!

We have a joke about a neighboring small town that goes like this:

Why are murders so hard to solve in ________?

Because everyone has the same DNA, and there are no dental records.