[MIgramma]

Speak for yourself.
I wouldn't live anywhere else.
Been both.
True, everyone knows "what's up". But OTOH, you have a very extended family when things don't go right. And, you have a lot of defenders if an outsider gives you a hard time.

[Ditter]

I *was* speaking for myself. I know lots of people love their small town. I said I was sorry they were dying in my first post. But don't think that people have no extended family because they live in the city, not this one anyway. I've had both too & no one will ever get me back in a nosey smallminded small town again.