• wombat said on Feb 07, 2008....

  I grew up in a rural community that only had a "name" as it was referred to by the local church's name.  It was about 10 miles from a town that is still relatively small by today's standards. We had a phone number that began with letters, a party line, and doctors and grocers didn't mind driving to us in those days.  Sometimes it was quicker to stand in the yard, cup your hands, and yell at the neighbors....

• secretlife said on Feb 07, 2008....

  I grew up in a smallish town.  Everyone pretty much knew everyone -
  It was a college town - 3 private schools.  So there was always activity and things going on- 
  There was a great downtown area.  We could walk downtown or ride our bikes....we had a few diners, lots of shops, a train station, a small movie theater...
   
  not timbuktu.
   
  and i still miss that downtown. 
   
   

• quietone said on Feb 07, 2008....

  oh, I grew up in many small towns...all could be concidered east bumf*@#!  some towns I lived in...one small general store one gas station combined thats it...that was downtown. population...hmm probably 2,000 or less.  oh, yup an ole vermonter hick from the sticks farm girl.  LOL  Its almost full circle cause now I don't live far from where I began so many years ago... population 20,000!  And most trucks still have gun racks here.

• beyondtheveil said on Feb 07, 2008....

  wombat- Wow! Now that is rural. When I was in mid-teens I worked at a grocery store and we delivered groceries to houses. I also remember doctors going to houses. I think doctors did that much longer in rural areas and small towns than in cities.
  
  secret- The downtown areas were great, weren't they? We missed out on the four year college, but did have the court house on one entire block that looked like a park. Across the street was downtown and everyone shopped there. Good memories...soda fountains...
  
  quiet- If I take one particular route to my hometown, I drive through about six or seven of those general store/gas station towns. My wife and I drove through Vermont a few years ago. Part of it was the Connecticut River Valley (is that the name of it?) to Brattlesboro. Beautiful place. I still see gun racks here, but no guns in them.
  

• gingersoul said on Feb 07, 2008....

  BeyBey......i grew up in Roma ....big city, traffic, people, universities, lots of schools...and in a small town half an hour of driving from there where we have been spending all our summers ......

  So I had the opportunity to have both experiences......the metropoli and the coastal town of fishermen and sailors with the beaches and the ocean where everyone knew everyone.....i have been walking alone everywhere without any problem since 10 y-o....and i would always meet somebody who knew who my parents were......kids were watched by other parents too...i developed friendships that are still the most important to me... ... 

  Then even that small town expanded ....now its a pretty big city....that anytime surprises with new things when i go back to visit....

  And its still what i call home....:-) 

• silverwhisper said on Feb 08, 2008....

  i grew up in a suburb, quite close to a major metropolitan center, so it had some of the "busy" that comes of being around a city, but not rural, either. where i grew up, all the towns blended into the next, with no real differentiation b/n town borders.
  
  where i live now isn't much different, come to think of it!
  
  ed

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