It cracks me up, and scares me just a bit, that I live here now. It seemed much easier to imagine the hubs growing up here, when I wasn't trying to call it my home as well. Now it seems so much harder to imagine an even less expanded area. The hubs was here when the first stop light went up (he was like 16) and when Taco Bell came to town (he was in 5th grade and a horse went through the drive through and made the front page of the paper).
He was telling me the other day that their mall (which is a half hour away in the next town, mind you) consisted of JcPenney and Sears and like 4 other tiny stores. Currently, Walmart is occupying that same building space!!! I have also seen Gap and Old Navy pass through the town, but not stay over the past few years of visiting.... So pretty much my clothing shopping will be at Target, JcPenney, Sears, Dillard's, Foot Fetish and some random other stores. That is, unless I make the trip to Phoenix for a mall or outlets.
I am in slight shock, but I'm sure it will set in eventually and I will learn how to live in a small small town. I do love the peace and quiet, the nice neighbors and family barber, and the fact that the front page of the paper (which only comes out once a week) the other day was a picture of a car smashed by a tree with the title "Car VS Tree". Yes, that was the BIG news that week!
I didn't quite realize the difference in population until I looked it up. The 2010 census showed the population of the town I went to school in (growing up) to be 167,815 and the town I lived in to be 40,971. Whereas the population of the town I now live in is 11, 182. And the population of the "tri city area" is over 95,600. What a difference!
I always wanted to live in a small town..... now I am. I hope I like it as much as I thought I would!
This is awesome!! I love the story about taco bell! ha ha... i had no idea Robert was from such a small town. I still got em' beat tho... NO stop light anywhere in the near future for LaCrosse. Closest stop light IS 30 min away. :) Anyway, I bet you'll love it... it will be really fun for your family... when your kids are growing up they will know everyone and it will be great :) Excited for you guys! Sad we wont get to visit you in Cali anymore... but someday!
ReplyDelete:) I love small towns, but didn't until I was in one... As long as there is a big city somewhere semi close, I am ok. :) Love you
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