Originally Posted by erstan947
We have a church and a post office (PO will close this year) Nearest mall is 60 miles. Dr. is 60 miles. Closest gas is 14 miles. School is 15 miles. Groceries is 25 miles. WalMart is 40 miles. Never hear a plane, train, emergency vehicles. Only "noise" is the river barges. Life is good in my little corner of the world.:)
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I grew up on a little island up in Alaska. No police, no stores. We did have commissary that carried stuff the loggers would need, i.e., candy bars, soda's, bread. We had to write out a grocery order and mail it into Ketchikan (the closest city to us). Then on saturday, the mailboat would come with our groceries. We ordered clothes from a catalog. We had a two room school that taught lst thru 8th grade.
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Originally Posted by grannyjan
Have family in Moscow, Kansas, they are very small towns
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When my kids were little we lived in a very small place. It wasn't incorporated so it isn't even considered a town. The population was around 50. There was a gas station/grocery store/post office all in one place. The grocery store only carried basic necessities. By the time we lived there the school was closed and the kids had a choice of going to school in two other smallish towns, one 12 miles away and one 15 miles away. Other than the grocery store there was one church and two grain elevators and that was it.
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Originally Posted by OHSue
He said everyone knew your business and gossiped about everyone else.
Living in small towns may have its moments but they are also the most caring of communities on the whole. Just recently i heard on the news that a woman was found dead in her lounge after 3 months. She lived alone and no one had noticed she wasn't around. Very sad. Think I'll put up with the gossip (mind you I am fairly boring in that I don't do anything interesting enough for people to gossip about anyway) Maybe1day |
Originally Posted by waladopa
We don't have a stoplight either.....yet.
We do have a school altogether though and a small grocery store and a couple of gas stations. I am 20 miles from the nearest Walmart but I love it here. |
once my aunt sent my sister a birthday card but it only had her name on the envelope - my sister received the card with no trouble.
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The town where I grew up had a sign on the highway that had the name of the town on both sides. Everything in between was the town!
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I thought I lived in a small town, but I guess ours is a good size. We have a stop light and our own highschool. I like this small town, we are within walking distances to anything you need if you can't drive to another town for something. Man, don't know if I could do your small....
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Originally Posted by Daisy144
once my aunt sent my sister a birthday card but it only had her name on the envelope - my sister received the card with no trouble.
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