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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:17:24 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If you have a stadium like that, you’re not in a small town. Yeah. "Small city". Not small town. A small town will have one baseball field in the park. There will be gopher holes next to the dugouts. The bleachers will have 3 or 4 rows of splintery seats. If there's a huge home crowd, some people will bring lawn chairs. During Little League tournaments, a lady named Edna sells pies to raise funds for the team. She has been doing this since 1974. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:24:48 AM EST
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I picked a really bad thread title
 . Reading (the city) is an absolute shit hole. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:34:15 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I agree but small town western Iowa is struggling to stay alive. No manufacturing and most of the farm land is owned by big corporations and big farmers. No more 4 families per square mile to keep the small towns alive. This is the latest victim. Orient Macksburg school district Orient-Macksburg Schools plan to dissolve district. What's next for the students? KATE KEALEY Des Moines Register A school district in southwest Iowa voted to shutter its doors, making it the first district-wide closure in a decade for the state of Iowa. According to the meeting agenda, the school board discussed the dissolution process during its meeting Monday. The board voted unanimously to start the process to dissolve the district during the meeting, according to the Creston News Advertiser. Why is Orient-Macksburg school district closing? Dwindling enrollment, staffing issues and financial struggles forced the board to dissolve the school district, according to KCCI. For the 2021-2022 school year, Orient-Macksburg had 149 students from pre-school to 12th grade. Some grades had as few as three students during the 2023-2024 school year, according to enrollment data from the Iowa Department of Education. Where will the Orient-Macksburg students go to school? The district will continue to operate for the 2024-2025 school year. It is still being determined where students will attend school starting in August 2025. You aren't kidding. I was impressed when RFK mentioned Big Ag as one of our nation's problems. You don't hear that discussed (especially in Iowa). My son once said something about becoming a farmer for a career. I told him he had a better chance of becoming president than starting out as a farmer with no inherited land and equipment. That being said, I still love living in a small town. Most of the problems that are seen on the news and social media have yet to arrive. Good people and values are still alive and well (for now). |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:39:24 AM EST
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A small town: the first to go into a recession and the last to come out.
A wise man told me that once. He was right. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:42:14 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's cool and stuff, but uh, that's city stuff. Small towns are screwed. True. Typical example of a former bustling small town in Mississippi. Used to have 2 gas stations, a grocery store, a hardware store, etc. on this street and a busy railroad depot across the street:  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:43:46 AM EST
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I live in a small, very red, coastal town of about 6000 people. The entire county only has 50,000 people. Our taxes are low, crime is low, traffic is low, fishing is great. I live four and a half blocks from the beach Life is pretty damned good here.
I read articles and posts about the crazy shit happening in other places, towns and countries, and I think I'm in a pretty good place to be.  I just noticed, the boat I just sold is the third boat from the right in the picture. I still have a Boston Whaler. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:46:27 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think so really, Reading is hardly a "small town" it's a small city, I work just north of Reading and deal with it daily. True it isn't Philly, and the "bad" area is only a couple of blocks and a couple small areas, but still a city. Going a little bit north, Strausstown, Bethel, Shartlesville....(near where I live) those are small towns. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Jesus Christ you people are pedantic I don't think so really, Reading is hardly a "small town" it's a small city, I work just north of Reading and deal with it daily. True it isn't Philly, and the "bad" area is only a couple of blocks and a couple small areas, but still a city. Going a little bit north, Strausstown, Bethel, Shartlesville....(near where I live) those are small towns. The premise of the thread is easy to agree with. That said, 95,000 people isn't small by any measurement, and that's not pedantic. Our entire county has 1/7th the population of Reading and is 99 times the area .
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:47:48 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I live in a small, very red, coastal town of about 6000 people. The entire county only has 50,000 people. Our taxes are low, crime is low, traffic is low, fishing is great. Life is pretty damned good here. I live four and a half blocks from the beach. I read articles and posts about the crazy shit happening in other places, towns and countries, and I think I'm in a pretty good place to be. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.squarespace-cdn.com%2Fcontent%2Fv1%2F5d8d0f345bba9d047449e7f3%2F1579537570319-RBKBCLZY4NJ0I1CCISN7%2Fke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kEdKJ0g5wWT9r49NjqEWdgsUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYy7Mythp_T-mtop-vrsUOmeInPi9iDjx9w8K4ZfjXt2doYbf-muipHSYfOorpaeXP2dlQW52IFxW7DBbM3HdchzG6v6ULRah83RgHXAWD5lbQ%2FBSL%2BHarbor%2B%25232a%2BDSC_9954%2BMurphy.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=73ff4b7266ae63f53fcedf5b7a9565cc194261049c84e73dcb8a124c678f06ab&ipo=images In Mississippi, it is largely dependent upon the ethnic makeup of the town. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:49:54 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In Mississippi, it is largely dependent upon the ethnic makeup of the town. I will not dispute that. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:50:46 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: In Mississippi, it is largely dependent upon the ethnic makeup of the town. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I live in a small, very red, coastal town of about 6000 people. The entire county only has 50,000 people. Our taxes are low, crime is low, traffic is low, fishing is great. Life is pretty damned good here. I live four and a half blocks from the beach. I read articles and posts about the crazy shit happening in other places, towns and countries, and I think I'm in a pretty good place to be. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.squarespace-cdn.com%2Fcontent%2Fv1%2F5d8d0f345bba9d047449e7f3%2F1579537570319-RBKBCLZY4NJ0I1CCISN7%2Fke17ZwdGBToddI8pDm48kEdKJ0g5wWT9r49NjqEWdgsUqsxRUqqbr1mOJYKfIPR7LoDQ9mXPOjoJoqy81S2I8N_N4V1vUb5AoIIIbLZhVYy7Mythp_T-mtop-vrsUOmeInPi9iDjx9w8K4ZfjXt2doYbf-muipHSYfOorpaeXP2dlQW52IFxW7DBbM3HdchzG6v6ULRah83RgHXAWD5lbQ%2FBSL%2BHarbor%2B%25232a%2BDSC_9954%2BMurphy.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=73ff4b7266ae63f53fcedf5b7a9565cc194261049c84e73dcb8a124c678f06ab&ipo=images In Mississippi, it is largely dependent upon the ethnic makeup of the town. Not just MS……. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:52:05 AM EST
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One hundred percent! |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:54:03 AM EST
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Sheeeeet. That ain't no small town. Our stadium still has wooden bleachers. It's the spot for baseball, the circus and rodeo.
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:09:30 AM EST
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If there's one thing we learned from movies, it's that small towns harbor dark secrets like everyone's a vampire or that a ritualistic sacrifice is required every full moon.
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:24:56 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus Christ you people are pedantic  The Four Yorkshiremen Sketch |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:31:53 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If there's one thing we learned from movies, it's that small towns harbor dark secrets like everyone's a vampire or that a ritualistic sacrifice is required every full moon. Usually just lots of back room fucking and murder. Rich guy back in AL killed a girl and pinned it on his half black child |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:32:08 AM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That doesn’t seem very small town. The small towns I grew up in and around. I’d say there’s more people at that game than the whole population of the town I grew up in. Yep, someones definition of small town ain't the same as mine. Small town is when you know everyone in town and they know you. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:32:34 AM EST
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That is definitely city in my book, having lived in several small towns over the years with populations ranging between 25 and 500. Also lived in towns of 10,000 but that is almost like a small city.
One of the towns had a population of just under 200, but had a cafe with the THE best food I have ever had (I ate there at least once a week). Sadly, it closed due to there not being enough business. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:33:29 AM EST
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I don't think I'd call that small town. That picture says more "suburb of a metro area that grew as a bedroom community".
But hey, I'd like to build a chicken packing plant in your town because the local gov will give us a great tax incentive and it isn't far off the main drag. We're going to pay minimum wage and bring in about six thousand illegals by the way. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:48:03 AM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Usually just lots of back room fucking and murder. Rich guy back in AL killed a girl and pinned it on his half black child My wife's friend did her clerkship in a small town Texas and told us about shenanigans like local cops kept pulling over the same woman for supposed 'crimes' and demanding sexual favors in exchange for dropping the tickets and the local business man who kept driving drunk, including through a school zone, but never did any time because he went to school with the judge. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:57:43 AM EST
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This is what a small town parade looks like:
 Best Small Town Parade in the Midwest: Union City MI Memorial Day 2023 |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:01:35 AM EST
[#21]
That isn’t a High School Football game.
And yes, America still exists. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:01:54 AM EST
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:03:14 AM EST
[#23]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: That's not a small town. This That. Grew up in Boyertown, right down the road a piece. THAT is a small town. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:06:20 AM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Sheeeeet. That ain't no small town. Our stadium still has wooden bleachers. It's the spot for baseball, the circus and rodeo. No demolition derby or county fair? 
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:23:28 AM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My wife's friend did her clerkship in a small town Texas and told us about shenanigans like local cops kept pulling over the same woman for supposed 'crimes' and demanding sexual favors in exchange for dropping the tickets and the local business man who kept driving drunk, including through a school zone, but never did any time because he went to school with the judge. We certainly had a high concentration of shitbag cops. Town north of us had a nice speed trap, and was impounding cars for minor or made up traffic stuff. Of course after people paid the “fines” there was no record of anything Edit: and of course rampant “civil forfeiture” |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:34:49 AM EST
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:40:03 AM EST
[#27]
Rural America is best America. I wouldn’t trade my country life, with my dogs, cattle, and chickens, for anything.
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:46:29 AM EST
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just out of curiosity, what do you consider a small town? Quote HistoryQuoted: Just out of curiosity, what do you consider a small town? Yeah, if that's a minor league stadium, that's huge. I don't think we even have a minor league anymore, and it had a berm in the outfield to bring your lawn chairs. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 10:50:14 AM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: SNIP you people are pedantic Ironic post is ironic. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:00:03 AM EST
[#30]
Back in the 1950s and even into the 1960s Orlando FL was considered a "small town".
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:02:11 AM EST
[#31]
I barely consider my town small and it's under 3,000.
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:07:41 AM EST
[#32]
GD: "Mine's smaller than yours"
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:19:28 AM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Back in the 1950s and even into the 1960s Orlando FL was considered a "small town". 
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:29:48 AM EST
[#34]
Population probably around 8-900 here
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:41:21 AM EST
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: That doesn’t seem very small town. The small towns I grew up in and around. I’d say there’s more people at that game than the whole population of the town I grew up in. Yep |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:50:37 AM EST
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small town- turn left where the old red jeep is parked under the treee...
pop-1311... |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:52:46 AM EST
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: 100,000 people population. OP’s small town ballpark… https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/36030/IMG_3950-3315500.jpg I work in a town of around 35,000 which is a hour away. It’s a still a small city and anything but a town. I live in the largest county in Washington at roughly 5,315 sq mi, with a population of half of OP’s “small town” at 43,000 total residents. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 11:59:30 AM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If there's one thing we learned from movies, it's that small towns harbor dark secrets like everyone's a vampire or that a ritualistic sacrifice is required every full moon. Well a town a few towns away has a very active basket club.
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Posted: 9/7/2024 12:05:58 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I picked a really bad thread title . Reading (the city) is an absolute shit hole. It is, but the Reading Phillies stadium and games are really nice. Tickets are cheap and the beer selection is excellent. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 12:16:47 PM EST
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I grew up in a town of 1400, the population has dropped to just over a thousand since I moved away in 1980.
Anyway, I visited for a couple of days in June and just walking around town I ran into several people that I knew. Weird striking up a conversation like it had only been a day or two when it's actually been 44 years. The best was crossing paths with a lady on the sidewalk and without slowing down or even looking twice she casually said "Hi, Bill" and kept on walking. Time stands still there. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 12:23:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: That's cool and stuff, but uh, that's city stuff. Small towns are screwed. This. Clicked in for Bedford Falls, but all I see is Pottersville Stadium.  Wassup OP? I live in some of the biggest cities of the world, so I know your idea of big vs. small town, cannot be more warped than my own. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 12:29:18 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Jesus Christ you people are pedantic I don’t mean to be rude, but I feel like I’m missing a big part of what you’re trying to convey. The picture just doesn’t say “small town”. I share OP’s enthusiasm though. Every day I dream and scheme and plan and save, to escape strip mall Suburbia. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 12:42:42 PM EST
[#43]
Quote HistoryQuoted: You’re not exactly correct. “Increasingly pedantic” would be more accurate. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Jesus Christ you people are pedantic You’re not exactly correct. “Increasingly pedantic” would be more accurate.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 1:12:12 PM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I work in a town of around 35,000 which is a hour away. It’s a still a small city and anything but a town. I live in the largest county in Washington at roughly 5,315 sq mi, with a population of half of OP’s “small town” at 43,000 total residents. His small town has a paved multi runway airport and 200 stop lights. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 6:04:02 PM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: His small town has a paved multi runway airport and 200 stop lights. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I work in a town of around 35,000 which is a hour away. It’s a still a small city and anything but a town. I live in the largest county in Washington at roughly 5,315 sq mi, with a population of half of OP’s “small town” at 43,000 total residents. His small town has a paved multi runway airport and 200 stop lights. Pretty much, I think the county I live in has less then 5 total. There a few flashing caution lights at four way stops though. |
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