You Know You Live in a Small Town When:

[Nepenthe]

Oh please, do elaborate!

Does this involve skootching the cow over a demarcated area, or a more…manual endeavor?

Either way, ewww. Yay for the high concrete jungle!

 

[mommyof4]

Oh please, do elaborate!

Does this involve skootching the cow over a demarcated area, or a more…manual endeavor?

Either way, ewww. Yay for the high concrete jungle!

Sorry, I wouldn’t trade my pretty little corner of the world for anything. And I think I live in one of the best places in the world to raise children. Low crime rate, good public schools, good churches, and lots of green grass, trees, and room to run around. When I visit a bigger city, I acutally feel sorry for all the people who live there.

 

[TraderTif]

Oh please, do elaborate!

Does this involve skootching the cow over a demarcated area, or a more…manual endeavor?

Either way, ewww. Yay for the high concrete jungle!

lol, they sketch a grid of numbered squares on a parking lot (or other large, flat surface), and then bring a cow onto the grid. And then you just wait, and hope for the cow to…well…poop on the number you picked!
Tif

 

[mystified]

lol, they sketch a grid of numbered squares on a parking lot (or other large, flat surface), and then bring a cow onto the grid. And then you just wait, and hope for the cow to…well…poop on the number you picked!

Tif

Wow! I don’t know if my heart could take all that excitement.

 

[OSUbride0708]

you only had 9 people in your 8th grade class
or
you graduated in a class of 39

both happened to me!

 

[Joe_Kelley]

you only had 9 people in your 8th grade class
or
you graduated in a class of 39

both happened to me!

I started high school in a class of five [19 in the whole high school]. Then I moved to the big city and graduated in a class of 49. [My daughters went to a high school with 5000 students ]

 

[kellyann]

well the way i get an allowance is by traping ratcoons and selling them for 10 bucks each and I had a pet possum

 

[BlestOne]

Oh please, do elaborate!

Does this involve skootching the cow over a demarcated area, or a more…manual endeavor?

Either way, ewww. Yay for the high concrete jungle!

Sorry, I wouldn’t trade my pretty little corner of the world for anything. And I think I live in one of the best places in the world to raise children. Low crime rate, good public schools, good churches, and lots of green grass, trees, and room to run around. When I visit a bigger city, I acutally feel sorry for all the people who live there.

I totally agree with mommyof4! I was raised in a small town that got big…moved away and I tell you I am so happy my kids were raised in an even smaller town. We still give homebaked bread from the welcome wagon when somebody moves in. All the cops for miles know me (partially because I used to fix their radios, partially because it is a small town and my kids go to school with their kids, or we go to the same church). When we got a new Chief of Police, he made the rounds to all the local businesses and introduced himself… I think it took half a day! One time, my kid witnessed some kids doing illegal stuff, he flagged down an officer and told him what he knew. When they caught the kid, they needed my ds to ID the kid so they called in an off duty cop with dark tinted windows so the kid couldn’t see my kid…now I ask you in these days of liability… what cop would do this in a city? The bad thing was, I saw my ds talking to the cop then get into the off duty cops car… I went down to the uniformed guy and asked what was going on and then gave him a piece of my mind for not asking me first and scaring the bejebers out of me seeing my kid getting into the other car. I had the night supervisor and the uniform, and the off duty cop stop by and apologize!!! And… they all knew where I lived…

 

[sanctamaria17]

I live in DC now and actually prefer the big city. I love exploring, shopping, meeting new people and the hustle and bustle of city life. I’ve also met people from every walk of life imaginable, something not possible in my small town back home. DC is incredible

 

[mommyof4]

I live in DC now and actually prefer the big city. I love exploring, shopping, meeting new people and the hustle and bustle of city life. I’ve also met people from every walk of life imaginable, something not possible in my small town back home. DC is incredible

I’ll take your word for it.

 

[BlestOne]

I live in DC now and actually prefer the big city. I love exploring, shopping, meeting new people and the hustle and bustle of city life. I’ve also met people from every walk of life imaginable, something not possible in my small town back home. DC is incredible

Sweetie… I said the same thing at your age… just wait until you have kids and your primary focus is their safety and well-being. For what it’s worth… my 20 yo ds moved to a city and loves it too… but he admits that he wouldn’t raise kids there.

 

[ack]

I live in DC too. It’s a great city, but like BlestOne said, I would NEVER raise kids here. Very few parts of the city are safe, and none of them have schools where I would to send my kids. If I had kids, I would move somewhere outside the beltway to raise them.

Please be careful. If you’re from a small town, you might not yet realize how careful you really need to be in a city like DC. This city is not the carefree tourist Disneyland that most out-of-towners perceive.

I live in DC now and actually prefer the big city. I love exploring, shopping, meeting new people and the hustle and bustle of city life. I’ve also met people from every walk of life imaginable, something not possible in my small town back home. DC is incredible

 

[sanctamaria17]

I went to Paris by myself over the summer. I know I need to be careful The first nights while I was down here, I didn’t even go back to my room by myself but had a couple friends make sure I got back safe.

I live in a relatively safe area and I always take precautions. I have gone out by myself but I’m always well aware of my surroundings. I never go out at night by myself, I pay attention to what I’m carrying, etc.

I don’t know if I would raise kids here (though I’m probably going to have a missionary family, they’ll probably grow up in another country) but when I’m young, this is the place to be. I’ve learned so much, including how to be street smart, but also about many different cultures, religions, countries, etc and I’ve made some awesome new friends.

 

[RitaM]

…you travel 20 miles to the grocery store. You can travel 30 miles from home and still run into people your kids go to school with every time you go out.

 

[samovila]

… when you have to marry an out-of-towner because you’re either related to every other young bachelor in town or grew up with them so it feels like you are related.

 

[snowfly]

I live in a small town, everyone knows what you did before you do it.

Actually my house is so small that I have to go outside to change my mind.

 

[wifenmommy]

You know you live out in the country when:

you keep your gun loaded, not for protection, but to kill off varmits or for food!!!

Your 6 dd goes helps daddy to kill a snake…twice (happened last week)

you live 10 steps away from an actual growing crop (here it is sugarcane)

you leave money in the mailbox and the mailperson knows to leave you stamps (dh grandma does this…)

you can give a lesson on agriculture while sitting in your front yard as you watch the tractors cut,plant ect sugarcane

you watch the possums play in your yard at night

 

[mystified]

Wifenmonmy,
Can relate to all you say. Spent much of my youth in the middle of Kansas, and now split between a town of 300 in the middle of México and a city of approximately 40,000 in the US.
My cat has managed to outrun the coyotes and has killed possoms in the relatively large US city.
If I sneeze here today, I’ll get a call from my village tomorrow asking about my health…
I guess “small town” is a realtive term.

 

[frleo]

Half of the varsity girls basketball team have the same last name

T and R are grandchildren of Coleman

K and S are sisters and grandchildren of Philip

A is a grandchild of Barney

W is a grandchild of Clarke

Coleman, Clarke, Philip and Barney are brothers.

Currently the boys teams (JV and V) only have 3 Catholics on is a grandchild of Coleman and another of Clarke. The third is from a different family.

 

[JustAnotherThou]

When you bring up a friend’s name at dinner, the next 5 minutes consist of your parents saying "he/she belongs to ________, who belongs to ________and _________, who belongs to ________and _______…

In High School for FUN you cruise Main Street. And the turn around it in front of the police station. You know it is curfew when the cop comes outside.

Movies are on available through NetFlix before your local theater gets them (that is if it is open, has been shut down for 10 of the past 15 years)

The Siren blows at 9am, Noon, 1pm and 5pm. Just so you know when to be at work, when to go to lunch, when to be back to work and when to go home.

If you write a bad check at the local grocery store it is in the Crime report in the local paper.

All businesses are closed for most of the funerals.

If your child gets sick after hours you call the Dr at home.

You are the only one in the hospital 1) Because you had a baby 2) Because you had a farm accident

Every Friday during Lent is “Fish Day” at the local schools, just for the Catholic kids.

Spring Break is ALWAYS during Holy Week so the Catholic kids can go to Mass and CCD everyday.

There are no after school activities on Wednesdays just so the Catholic kids can go to CCD.

Your Family Reunion is the week of the County Fair (just so your out of town relatives have something to do).

The Cheerleaders and Football players have to be in the marching band (in the cheerleader or football uniform).

Every business has a softball & baseball team.

You go to get your marriage license and the County Clerk knows your whole family tree.

Your wedding reception is at the Knights of Columbus Hall. (There is nowhere else to have it).

You have lived in the Jones house for 25 years, your last name is Smith.

You are either a “Town Kid” or a “Farm Kid”

If the interstate closes down 1) if you have a snowmobile you are out there rescuing people from their vehicle 2) you house and feed stranded motorist until the interstate opens back up.

OK, this is a SAD one but true. The only time your little town is mentioned on the nightly news (the news station is 175 miles away) is if they close the interstate or because someone was murdered in your town and the FBI showed up only because no one has ever been murdered in your town. And your town is still talking about it 25 years later.