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Having lived in a rural county (not even a town) of less than 500 people, the thing that was most noticeable was everyone knew your business. You'd have a conversation with one person and later, a random person would mention the exact same topic of conversation, including what you said. It was unnerving, since I'm a very private (but friendly) person.
If OP is talking about a town less than 30,000 people, he/she probably won't encounter that as much.
"We heard about your breakdown at town meeting." LOL Diane Keating "Baby Boom" It's like that - really.
Been reading through the posts on the first page. For 30 years I lived in a county with a total population of less than 20,000. We had factories mainly tied with the automotive industry (rebuilding NAPA parts, making car dashboards, etc.) but quite a few of those working (big farming and coal mining county) will drive to the next county to work in factories there.
Somebody mentioned the social part of it. I lived in a town of 2500(Sturgis, Ky.) that hosted a motorcycle rally that for years had 25,000+ bikers come in for several days. I had one of the bikers ask me once what do we do around here on weekends when the bikers weren't there. I told him "We leave". Two cities 40 and 50 miles north and another is about 35 miles northwest. That's where we go for a night out with a few drinks with friends, or taking the family out to eat and do some shopping.
As a fellow who's spent much of his life living in ( for lack of a better term ) high density rural areas and is at the moment considering moving to a low density one , I'm quite interested in gaining some insight about how hard that sort of transition is , especially from people who have personally experienced it .
Of course the term " high density " and " low density " can be quite subjective , but to put things into context I'm talking about ( say/in my own personal case ) moving from a rural area in a county with more than 155,000 residents to a rural area in a county with less than 30,000 residents .
I'll also be adding a poll to this thread as another way of gaining insight FWIW .
Wow, that must be hard on you. Yes, moving to 'the boonies' from a grand city is very hard. 150k to 30k... that is county, not city? You ought to be fine.
Wow, that must be hard on you. Yes, moving to 'the boonies' from a grand city is very hard. 150k to 30k... that is county, not city? You ought to be fine.
I moved from Los Angeles to the sticks in Vermont (a town of 1800). Talk about culture shock. I think you just have to prepare yourself.
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LOL Diane Keating "Baby Boom" It's like that - really.
