I’ll be blasphemous and say this about my small town. As much as I loved growing up here and rasing kids in the country, there’s nothing special about where I live or this area. We’re 30 min from everything, and you have to drive 30-60 min for a good job.
I’d never sell this place, but I would move if my wife would. There are some really nice, clean, interesting places you could live besides the dirty south. There, I said it.
We miss out on lots of opportunities being isolated as we are here.
Sure we’re insulated from a lot of crime, and troubles, but the older I get the more I feel this way.