What do you consider a small town? (apartments, condos)

[lammius]

I went to college in a town of 40,000. It was the biggest town for at least 50 miles around, though. People in and around the town thought of it as a big city (they have a walmarts AND a targets!!), but to the students who came from bigger cities, it was a very small town.

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by Chriscross309

Thanks, I'm from WV and a "Big City" here is over 20,000 lol

my hometown outside of Charleston is about 4,000

I know the feeling, I have a hour drive in any direction to reach a city with 20,000.

[Chriscross309]

Originally Posted by Bydand

I know the feeling, I have a hour drive in any direction to reach a city with 20,000.

Yeah I think WV only has like 3 or 4 towns over 30,000

Charleston being the largest with a pop of 50,000 and a metro of like 200,000, but maybe only a hundred of that is considered "urban"

Our towns might not be big, but they are some of the most unique cities in the country I promise You!!!

[rxpwas]

Originally Posted by Bydand

I know the feeling, I have a hour drive in any direction to reach a city with 20,000.

Really, is that such a bad thing? Rock on, rural America!

[Thomas R.]

To me it kind of is in a way. I'm in an odd middle ground I suppose. I don't want to live near a big city, but it would be nice to live close to a town large enough to support a quality hospital, a mall, a wheelchair accessible movie theater, and a good Chinese restaurant. Or actually live in such a town.

I don't think you need a huge town or a major city for the things I named. And living within 10-15 miles of such a place would be okay. Being so far from hospitals in particular worries me on occasion as, even though I haven't needed to go to a hospital in a decade, I do have a medical condition.

[Chriscross309]

Originally Posted by Thomas R.

To me it kind of is in a way. I'm in an odd middle ground I suppose. I don't want to live near a big city, but it would be nice to live close to a town large enough to support a quality hospital, a mall, a wheelchair accessible movie theater, and a good Chinese restaurant. Or actually live in such a town.

I don't think you need a huge town or a major city for the things I named. And living within 10-15 miles of such a place would be okay. Being so far from hospitals in particular worries me on occasion as, even though I haven't needed to go to a hospital in a decade, I do have a medical condition.

That's why we don't venture off far from a city

Hospitals are important

luckly I have several large modern hospitals within 25 mins from my house

[southernnaturelover]

If it has a "metro area" it's not a small town.... maybe a small city, but not a small town.

[Smtchll]

To me small towns are anything less than 15,000. I grew up in a town of 10,000. Medium-sized towns are anywhere from 15,000 to 50,000. Big towns/small cities are 50,000 to 150,000. Those are my Tennessee standards.

[Chriscross309]

I think a town should be labeled for the infrastructure it has, not by population

Examples here in WV

Charleston and Huntington both have around 50,000 each, but Charl. has more business, and has more to do

[BelieveInCleve]

20,000 or less, and there's a difference between a small town, a small city, and a suburb.