Smallest town/city you have lived in and what did you like/dislike about it?

ColoradoHusk said:
Not trying to cause any trouble here, but I am curious why people think raising a family in a small town feels "safer".  Is that based on thoughts on crime in a bigger city?

If my kids were living in a small town, I would be very nervous about them having to travel long distances to "do things".  I would be nervous of my kids driving on 2-lane, country roads in bad weather.  I would also be nervous of them driving out in the middle of nowhere to go drinking/partying, with no way to get back except driving themselves or riding with an impaired driver.

I understand my kids would be driving in a lot more traffic than small town families, but everything would be convenient and close for them.  Also, I tend to think that if you want to avoid crime in a city, avoid the areas of the city which have high crime.
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It’s more of a know your neighbors/they know you for me.   Growing up everyone in my small town(pop 1100) knew me and my friends and could/would help you out and look out for you/others.

here, in Lincoln I know  maybe three families in my neighborhood that know my boys and where they live.  My boys go out playing and I’m checking on them every 15 minutes it seems

 
The Murphinator said:
What town did you grow up in? I live in Western Nebraska
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PaulCrewe said:
Now I’m confused. 

CDog are you from Western, NE or Western NE(you know the panhandle)
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PaulCrewe said:
Grew up in Crawford

CDog has got to be from Western NE(panhandle) as opposed to Western, NE(the town)

Amazing what a comma can do
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Ha, I can see the confusion. I should have been a bit more clear: I grew up in SW Nebraska. South of the Panhandle

 
Taught / lived for 2 years in Elmwood - pop 630 now, don't know what it was in the early 80s.  Everybody knows your business was the big minus.  Close enough to Lincoln to do stuff was a plus

 
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ColoradoHusk said:
If my kids were living in a small town, I would be very nervous about them having to travel long distances to "do things".  I would be nervous of my kids driving on 2-lane, country roads in bad weather.  I would also be nervous of them driving out in the middle of nowhere to go drinking/partying, with no way to get back except driving themselves or riding with an impaired driver.
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I live in a town of 1200.  Went to college at UNL.  I can say unequivocally it is MUCH safer to drive in bad weather here than it is in Lincoln.   :D

 
knapplc said:
I grew up in the country outside my hometown. Not quite on a farm, but surrounded by farmland.

Best thing about it was the pitch blackness at night. Great for stargazing.





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The strip pits in SE Kansas are great for this. Great place for a keg party, too. :)

 
teachercd said:
You doods that grew up in a small town...how "look the other way" is the issue of teen drinking?
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I would go to street fests during the summer and the ladies manning the gates that are supposed to check IDs and give wristbands would get confused and offended when they'd offer 17 year old me a wristband knowing full well how old i was and me refusing.

 
My early years in a  of 700 and then moved to  Nebraska to  a town of 1200 when I was 9 ,now my closest neighbor  is a half mile away, wouldn't  change a thing. Lived in Mankato  mn for a few years and South Sioux city  for five years, small cities but still to big for me,Kato is a nice town,SSC is a s#!thole with good pizza and Chinese food.I love my peace and quiet,being close to where I  hunt and fish means more than my work commute. Planning  a move soon back to  Minnesota but way up north on the  border.Another small remote town. 

 
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