Small Town Living

There are some very real lessons to be learned from growing up and living in small town America. Not everyone grows up living in a media-obsessed family that never spends time together. Here are lessons anyone can learn from the experience. Small town living isn't for everyone.

One of the first things that you learn about small town living is that politics plays a huge part in small town life too. Most people wouldn't believe that small town politics could be just as petty and divisive in a small town as it is in a booming metropolis. The thing is that politics tends to become much more personal in a smaller town, especially when it concerns someone's livelihood. Certain policies and decisions can and do affect people on that personal of a level. As many smaller towns are close-knit, bad blood can remain for a very long time. It isn't easy to rectify political wrongs when everyone living in the rural community knows everyone else, and their families.

The above issue is just one of many that highlights Small Town Living Lesson #2 - People are truly more important than material possessions, and there are some people who keep that fact in mind. If you are a media junkie, you might tend to believe that everyone has turned into a slave to materialism. However cliche it may seem, many people living in a smaller town simply aren't all that materialistic. They tend to value people more than possessions. Some may not have a lot as far as material possessions are concerned, but they have strong ties with family and friends. When you live in a small town, your very economic future might hinge on your neighbors. That was true of people living in rural communities 100 years ago and it is still true today.