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Date Posted: 18:35:45 06/30/03 Mon
Author: Jonathan (admin)
Subject: Re: rural vs city
In reply to: june 's message, "rural vs city" on 05:54:26 06/13/03 Fri

Well I guess where you're from is much more of a farming community than where I'm from. My town can't really be considered a suburb, but there were nearby (45 min) small cities, like 20-30,000 people, and many people commuted there for work.



>where i grew up, if you went to the movies you had to
>put up with the cows. we were quite matter of fact
>about it. when the super safeway came to town we
>talked about the deli for 6 months! we never locked
>our doors because, "what if someone comes over while
>we're gone??? how would they get in???"
>
>then we went to the city and they said, "yeah!
>exactly! you wouldn't want them to get in! so lock
>the doors!"
>
>rural life can be so boring that every single minute
>detail about each other wants to be explored... but!
>rural people are much more forgiving, too, i think.
>in the city... if you don't agree with someone, you
>crumble that relationship up, and toss it in the trash
>-- like so many fast food wrappers. there are so many
>other people around, there is always someone else to
>try out. in the country, sometimes you won't see a
>neighbor for ages and if they have some little thing
>that bugs ya, you try not to notice it and look for
>something that you do like.
>
>the hard part is finding other non t.v. people.

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