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re: Small town America is truly depressing
Posted on 10/20/25 at 10:16 am to SlowFlowPro
Posted on 10/20/25 at 10:16 am to SlowFlowPro
Ocean springs is in the middle of a metropolitan area of like 400k. Decidedly not a small town
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Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:04 am to ClemsonKitten
Yeah, there is nothing like living in New York or Chicago in a high rise Apt.
I once wondered why folks in big cities went to the pub every evening. What else is there to do.
I once wondered why folks in big cities went to the pub every evening. What else is there to do.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:10 am to Smeg
quote:The fact you think rampant drug use doesn’t exist in small towns is telling
Those small town people are deprived of the wonderful big city culture!
Are some small towns great? Absolutely. But most in the south are sad welfare dependent places with high drug use and overall depressing
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:19 am to ClemsonKitten
I moved from Dallas to a small town west of Fort Worth five years ago and couldn't be happier!
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:23 am to lsupride87
As compared to what in Big Cities? Do you think they aren't welfare dependent or depressing as well?
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:24 am to OGtigerfan87
There is a middle ground in life where it isn’t a small town or a big city 
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:27 am to ClemsonKitten
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Small town America is truly depressing
Cairo, IL.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:41 am to lsu777
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city kids do those? depends...if you are wealthy sure, but inner city kids arent doing that. in fact I would say its more suburb kids you are talking about. Which imo is best of both worlds....close enough to things but not the issues that big cities have. when im talking big cities, im talking major cities in city proper, not metro. think, NYC, Philly, Boston, Baltimore, etc
Why are we comparing small towns to inner city life while acting like suburbs aren’t part of cities? Anyone living in or around a major city lives in a city when compared with a small town. I don’t think anyone is in here talking about raising their kids in Harlem or the Philly projects.
This post was edited on 10/20/25 at 11:48 am
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:46 am to RogerTheShrubber
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"Nothing to do." the most hyperbolic statement I'll read today. The country is full of things to do, lazy, spoiled children will have nothing to do but normal kids will have days full of adventure. Most kids are spoiled and lazy, but this wasnt always the case. The need to be constantly entertained has put us on the road to idiocy.
I grew up in it, Roger. I know what it is, and there isn’t shite to do for the vast majority of Americans.
My kids play competitive sports, limitless opportunities in a city of 8 million people. My hometown has a 6 week soccer season spring and fall. My kids play club year round and play basketball, volleyball, Lacrosse, flag football. Theyre not yet in middle school.
People like to go places, see things, learn things beyond the art of hunting, fishing, trapping. I can drive an hour and do that shite any day I would like.
This post was edited on 10/20/25 at 11:47 am
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:48 am to The Third Leg
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and there isn’t shite to do for the vast majority of Americans.
Because you have zero imagination and probably grew up around computers.
All we needed was a playmate or three and the world was ours.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:50 am to ClemsonKitten
Correct.
It is MISERABLE
You should definitely stay as far away as possible.
It is MISERABLE
You should definitely stay as far away as possible.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:50 am to RogerTheShrubber
I grew up in a small town around a bunch of people who killed things for fun. I set fire to things, including my own leg with gasoline at the age of 6, and I road my bike everywhere. Smoked cigs and had alcohol at 12, weed at 13.
I get the cultural allure, and I also get that it appeals to a small subset of the population.
I get the cultural allure, and I also get that it appeals to a small subset of the population.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:52 am to The Third Leg
We had a ballpark we could walk to, that was where we spent a lot of time.
An open field and some sticks would become a battlefield, forts and all.
Kids who use their imagination will grow up as adults who dont need overstimulation to get by. I think they have the advantage.
An open field and some sticks would become a battlefield, forts and all.
Kids who use their imagination will grow up as adults who dont need overstimulation to get by. I think they have the advantage.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:54 am to The Third Leg
quote:moved from a rural area to a nice suburb as a teenager and it really is night and day. There are pros and cons to both of course but the athletic, academic, and social opportunities of the suburb blew the rural area out of the water
My kids play competitive sports, limitless opportunities in a city of 8 million people. My hometown has a 6 week soccer season spring and fall. My kids play club year round and play basketball, volleyball, Lacrosse, flag football. Theyre not yet in middle school.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:55 am to The Third Leg
I live in a small town and my kids did all of that and more. So I really don’t get your point. Brain drain is the real issue, at least in my little town. My kids professions have taken all of them away from where they grew up. Sad for us as grandparents sometimes yes, but they are all having success and doing good things wherever they live. But to this day, whether they live 100 or 2000 miles away, if you ask them where they’re from …they give the name of the town they grew up in. That makes me happy. Along with the fact that my oldest grandson ( 6 years old) tells people that he’s a Cajun from Louisiana.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:55 am to GreatLakesTiger24
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but the athletic, academic, and social opportunities of the suburb blew the rural area out of the water
Yeah but the fields and sticks
Posted on 10/20/25 at 11:58 am to SlowFlowPro
Are we still arguing over the opinion of living in small rural communities vs larger cities?
I mean c’mon ppl- it just boils down to personal preferences. Why does it bother y’all if someone prefers one location over another.
Oh wait- it’s tOT. Y’all can’t get along with each other.
I mean c’mon ppl- it just boils down to personal preferences. Why does it bother y’all if someone prefers one location over another.
Oh wait- it’s tOT. Y’all can’t get along with each other.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 12:03 pm to SlowFlowPro
I have a hunch that a lot of the small town advocates ITT are from a suburb of an actual city. That’s a completely different ballgame than a true small town, as someone who spent time growing up in both.
And I’m not anti small town at all, but there are some legit downsides that I think a lot of people on here tend to overlook
And I’m not anti small town at all, but there are some legit downsides that I think a lot of people on here tend to overlook
Posted on 10/20/25 at 12:05 pm to tigerbaiter
If you have grandkids, you’re talking about another era entirely. But even then, nobody ever played club sports at 8 years old living in a small town unless it sits right on the outskirts of a major city. It’s a numbers game.
Any small towns can string together short rec league seasons with dad coaches where half the kids should never play, and that’s not what I’m talking about.
Any small towns can string together short rec league seasons with dad coaches where half the kids should never play, and that’s not what I’m talking about.
Posted on 10/20/25 at 12:11 pm to The Third Leg
quote:it would have been a 90 minute drive each way for me to play aau basketball. Is that the most important thing in the world? No, but it’s just one of a million examples
But even then, nobody ever played club sports at 8 years old living in a small town unless it sits right on the outskirts of a major city. It’s a numbers game.
We had a 6 week rec league in elementary school, then school and high ball starting in 7th. That’s it
This post was edited on 10/20/25 at 12:13 pm
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