Depends on where, really. I grew up in a small town, and, while very safe and insulatory, also small-minded, everyone knows everyone else's business (and have no problem yapping about it to others), the world doesn't exist outside the friendly confines, and, if you do go to college or whatever out of town..You're expected to return to rejoin the small-mindedness and misery. You're not allowed to do better. No one else has, why should you?
Most are close-knit, yes..Very into high school football, and refer to anyone you may know as "so and so..they graduated with"..Often that frame of reference. If you're an outsider moving in, be prepared for a lengthy period of being looked at, questioned, and talked about.
I've seen it from both sides. Lived in mine until college (referred to as "living away"), then moved to another small town close to my first job after, about an hour+ away from my hometown. Then, I was the new guy, the not one of us, until I was there awhile.
I'm thinking that small towners will probably warm up to an outsider from another small town more quickly than to an outsider from a bigger city, and I'm sure that most small towner's can immediately tell.
They'll probably warm up to you faster if you're from another small town in the same state, especially if the town is like no farther than about 50 or so miles away, verses someone from a small town way across America, especially if it's a different kind of town like let's say a farming small town in Kansas verses an Alpine small town in Oregon or in Western Canada cause there will be different types of small towns there I think.
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Depends on where, really. I grew up in a small town, and, while very safe and insulatory, also small-minded, everyone knows everyone else's business (and have no problem yapping about it to others), the world doesn't exist outside the friendly confines, and, if you do go to college or whatever out of town..You're expected to return to rejoin the small-mindedness and misery. You're not allowed to do better. No one else has, why should you?
Most are close-knit, yes..Very into high school football, and refer to anyone you may know as "so and so..they graduated with"..Often that frame of reference. If you're an outsider moving in, be prepared for a lengthy period of being looked at, questioned, and talked about.
I've seen it from both sides. Lived in mine until college (referred to as "living away"), then moved to another small town close to my first job after, about an hour+ away from my hometown. Then, I was the new guy, the not one of us, until I was there awhile.
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I'm thinking that small towners will probably warm up to an outsider from another small town more quickly than to an outsider from a bigger city, and I'm sure that most small towner's can immediately tell.
They'll probably warm up to you faster if you're from another small town in the same state, especially if the town is like no farther than about 50 or so miles away, verses someone from a small town way across America, especially if it's a different kind of town like let's say a farming small town in Kansas verses an Alpine small town in Oregon or in Western Canada cause there will be different types of small towns there I think.