sorry but having lived in both I definately prefer a more metro area.I miss our church family though.You get used to people and pray and cry with them you eventually miss them.I like having alot of things to do that are christian and not
being stuck home all the time eating pop corn,reading a novel for entertainment.Plus the bigger the area the more souls that live there.
Well I can assure you I don't sit at home eating popcorn, I have a very active life. I've lived in the big city's most my life, and would not trade my small living for nothing, not even for a real pizza.... It all comes down to a frame of mind, I seek out simple things these days, maybe that comes with age~
My town is about 8000, and I love it here, but my ideal location would to be
in a small city of around 50,000. There are so many more restaraunt and
shopping choices in a city of that size.
So come on over to Jackson......my house is for sale!!!
The good thing about my small city is that it is within driving distance of NYC so I can go get rid of stress in a good ol' fashioned traffic jam, mmmm! That gives me warm fuzzies!
When you live somewhere that has less people you tend to live closer to the maker creating. I love the fact when I step outside there no city street lights shinning above me just the moon or the star to light my way, no siren or neighbors yelling, braking dogs, just the coyotes, frogs, crickets to sign me asleep. I love my view of the mountains and the wild life in my own front yard, we've had bears, white tail deers, mt lions, Elk even moose. I rather take in these beauty then see buildings and trash and drink fresh water from my own well then recycled water treated with chlorine. I prefer dirt under my feet over concert and growing my vegetables and hunting for meat, and walking down to the river to fish, or pick wild berries, then buy foods that been over processed and shot full or cancer causing hormones that have no nutritional values . When you live next to the things God made, living for Him a lot easier, I do not believe man was ever meant to live like rats on top of one another~
Our town is small enough that one year my parents received a Christmas card from a friend that had been addressed to
Mr. & Mrs. Clarence
Swanton, Ohio
No last name, no street, no nothing. Just Mr & Mrs. Clarence and the town.
And it was delivered to the right person!! Not THAT is small town living!!!
I can beat that one Margie. Two different times I have gotten "intercompany mail" from work in my mailbox at home. It would be in an envelope with my name on it and accidentally get processed through the postage meter. The next day it would show up in my mailbox. That's truly a one horse town!
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The good thing about my small city is that it is within driving distance of NYC so I can go get rid of stress in a good ol' fashioned traffic jam, mmmm! That gives me warm fuzzies!
Un huh, I understand.
The warm and fuzzy feeling that I get is going to the stock auction at the nearby sale barn, mixing it up with all the snuff dippers and tobacco spittin' good ol' boys. GREAT FUN!
Then, there is the local Baptist church that have a lot of "Sangin's," usually on Saturdays. Great resturant not too far away where you can enjoy farm fresh fried catfish and a Gospel Sangin' at the same time.
Then of course the seasonal things that I enjoy so much too. There is the Dogwood festival, an event that is well attended and looked forward to by all. Other events that are really great, all of which I greatly enjoy including the world class fishing event at the nearby Lake Sam Rayburn. Folk come from all over the world for that event...only about ten minutes away. I love Lake Sam Rayburn, the Neches River (which is now at flood stage) and Toledo Bend which is another 45 minutes away.
But the event that I love the most is the annual fall "Syrup Makin." Boy! Is that a lot of fun! Farmers bring their sugar cane to the local mill, have it squeezed into juice, cooked until it is syrup. People come from all over. Of course, I'm there too just to see and visit with the good folk. I'm there with my favorite pair of bluejean overall with one strap dangling, of course. I wear my boots and usually a flannel shirt. There is dinner on the ground and a lot of socializing...and talking and talking and talking. Man! It just don't get any better than this.
Aaaah, life in these beautiful East Texas forests. How beautiful!
, I have a very active life. I've lived in the big city's most my life, and would not trade my small living for nothing, not even for a real pizza....
It all comes down to a frame of mind, I seek out simple things these days, maybe that comes with age~
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