Raise your hand if you grew up in a small town!?

Question

*Raises hand*

Newfolden, Minnesota!

Now its your turn. If you grew up in a small town, tell us where it is! Tell us what it was like. And if you're living in an urban area now, tell us what's different and what's similar. This ought to be fun! =D

Answer 1

Not me. I grew up in a pretty large city, but my 16 year old son is growing up in a small but growing town:
Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Answer 2

I grew up in a small town in NM, very small. Population 1200, my daughter's elementary school has more students than we had in our whole town. We had to drive 40 miles to get groceries, farther to buy clothing or household items. There was no music program or art program in our school, eventually no movie theater, forget the arts, there was none of that. I miss some of the people in that small town but I have a daughter now, she's in ballet, jazz and tap classes, takes karate, we can go to movies, parks, ballet, musicals, plays, etc. We couldn't do any of that in my town, we'd have to drive a considerable distance. That said, I like small town values, I'd like to find a small town that is nearer to a big city, or have a small farm that isn't too far from a city. Right now we are in Germany, I would never even have dreamed of coming to Europe while I was growing up in that little town, they actually thought people who travel out of the country were strange and considered them as having too much money for their own good so they'd go waste it in other countries.

Answer 3

Warfordsburge , Pensilvanya .
Theres one bank a gas station a resterant , a small car dealership and two schools and a post office the rest is farm land . It was hell . Its so red neck that you get off school for the fisrt day of dear hunting seson .

I live in a big town now ( about 1 hour NW of Baltimore Md ) .
I like that I don't have to drive 45 min to the store . That my kids don't spend an hour on the school bus on the way to school . I don't think theres much the same about living in the country as the city . And everything is diffrent ..

Answer 4

Hand raised. Small town but, near big city. Nice place to grow up. Now I'm in a lg. suburb even nearer the city, close enough to maybe be considered city living. Not country but, we have 10 acres. We are a 15 min. drive from the city. I love city living. Lots to do, many conveniences. I would be bored in the country. Not knocking it. I know many people love it but...different strokes.

Answer 5

i grew up in jenkintown,pa. a town at that time, 50's, was 5000 ppl. mostly mid class or up. it was or is about 12 miles north of philly. the last time i was there, i did recognize a lot of houses but there has been many changes like golf courses turning into hugh shopping centers. wow! there was 44 ppl. in my grad. class of 54. now that is small. basketball was the big sport, we won 2 state titles (class c) and lost a third by a last minute shot from quarter court 60-59, ouch!! if we didn't get 100 points in reg. season, the fans would almost boo, lol. , but true. ray walker

Answer 6

Two hands way up high. Mill Spring, NC. Small town in the blue ridge mountains. Still living here. We have farms and lots of mountainous land. Life is slow and relaxed. No one is in a hurry. The closest shopping mall is about 35 minutes away.

Answer 7

Oh yesss.....small towns rock! I grew up in mt. gilead, nc....
There's nothing but a few banks, a Food King, Pope's(that got run out of business by Dollar General), Burger Shack, and Steve's Pizza. We hung out at Stanback park like all the time. My house was so out in the country! We had snakes everywhere, deer walked up in your yard, rabbit attacked every evening, you could hear whipperwhills(sp?), cougars, and wolves at night. Everyone knew everyone. Seriously. You could go to sleep with your doors unklocked and your windows swung open to let the breeze in. When you took a walk down the street, everyone waved and called out your name. You were safe. WOW. Scary how much things have changed.

Answer 8

I moved about 8 times in 6 years when I was growing up. I spent most time in Phoenix, AZ. However, I did spend two years in a small town called Monroe, MI

Answer 9

I grew up in a very small town in Iowa. It was great...until I became an adult. No jobs, nothing to do, and gossiping like you can't believe. I got out. Cali is great, better weather, nice people, foods that my supermarkets in Iowa never carried, wine, more arts and entertainment, you name it. And I don't have to drive 30 miles for shrimp anymore. I've never regretted moving and never looked back.

Answer 10

Raising Hand.