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To: mplsconservative
"We moved to a small town 19 years ago. The best decision we ever made."

Same here, only I moved a mere 18 months ago. I moved to one of those small, rural "dying" towns with a population of < 2000. I just love the lack of traffic, and I've developed some wonderful new friends. If the US had "lockdowns" again, I would hardly feel it. (Lockdowns are considered to be a joke here).

And it seems like everything I need is basically at the end of the street that I live on (bank, pharmacy, hardware store, grocery store, auto mechanics, city park, etc.). If I move quick enough on a Friday afternoon I can catch the BBQ food truck at the fire station parking lot (he makes some excellent BBQ and ribs).

Sometimes some of my teen workers stay over during the weekend to work, which helps me not to feel quite so old. There are some shrewd business people here as well. Sometimes I think I may be surrounded by "stealth millionaires".

During lunch today I was serenaded by the sound of the local crop duster.

38 posted on 08/23/2023 8:52:33 PM PDT by The Duke
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To: The Duke

Crop duster. Haha! Love it!

We get a helicopter spraying the wetlands around us for mosquitos. Big excitement! They fly so low they shake the house.

Same here with amenities. Our only hardware store left a few years ago which is a bummer. Otherwise we’re good with a grocery store, pharmacy, bank and five restaurants. Population is around 5,000.


50 posted on 08/25/2023 5:56:42 AM PDT by mplsconservative
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