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In Appreciation of Small Towns

You don’t have to be from a small town to know what one is like. Your stereotype is right: Old-timers gossip over morning coffee, and every person at the cafe knows you, and your dog too. Streets are nearly empty most nights, with only a few teen-agers driving in circles until they finally accumulate enough velocity to spin out of town.

I was one of those teen-agers. And my parents supported me. They thought staying would waste their hard work, my talent.

by Aubrey Streit

Full Story; http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0112-33.htm

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