Moving to a small town

[Em7add11]

Has anybody had any experience with moving from a mid to large size town (400-500k) to a smaller one (sub 50k)?

Was it a culture shock to go from one to the other?

[$cirisme]

Don't you mean small city?

Most of the time, town (at least to me) refers to something very small, less than 10k. Whereas small city, imo, is between 10k-40k. I moved from a city of 70k to a town of... well, I live in the country and have no idea how many people live in my town, not more than 10k... and it wasn't that big of a deal. But I am also not far from where I moved from...

[Em7add11]

Well, yeah. That's just a semantic issue though.

I'm more interested in the difference of experience in moving from a bustling metropolis to a smaller location. The range of things to do at night probably goes down. The overall range of services is less. I'm wondering if a person would get bored if they were used to more.

[Xavier]

What do you get in the city now that you won't be getting in the smaller venue?

[Em7add11]

What do you get in the city now that you won't be getting in the smaller venue?
Live music.

[Xavier]

Live music.
Well at least not anything good... :lol:

But seriously, You must be within an hour's drive of somewhere you can find live music.

[Em7add11]

Well at least not anything good... :lol:

But seriously, You must be within an hour's drive of somewhere you can find live music.
Hehe yea, I think country music would be my only option if I got too far away from my hometown.

It's very possible to be more than an hour away from a big city though. In Kansas, for example, you could go for 3-4 hours in the western half of the state and not pass a town with much more than 1,000 people.

[truthman]

I grew up in Aurora, CO with 800,000 people and next door to Denver with over 2 million people. I loved people and all the city and suburb stuff.

Then, in 1991, I moved from Aurora to Castle Rock, CO where 30,000 lived. That was somewhat of a culture shock because there was no movie theater, no 'chain' restaurants, no good coffee, stuff like that. The nearest 'good stuff' like that was 30 minutes away. I got used to it and finally, after 12 years, several places like Applebee's and some good coffee shops moved in.

Just this past December, I got my first Pastorate and we moved to Northeastern Colorado to a town of 200 people. Now that's culture shock!!!

In this town there are only 2 places of business. The Post Office (just a little trailer) and a small cafe/bar. The nearest gas, grocery, restaurants, banks, everything is 20 minutes away. So, you literally have to plan your day around gas and groceries and stuff like that.

But, you know what? The local phone company provides DSL for my internet so I'm always connected to the world. And the days are longer. With fewer places to go, I've got more time on my hands. I read more. Listen to more music. Spend more time with my family on walks and talks. I have more quiet time with God too.

There's my story, hope it helps in some way.

truthman

[yxboom]

What do you get in the city now that you won't be getting in the smaller venue?
Active competitors of Wal-Mart.

[Xavier]

Active competitors of Wal-Mart.
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