I grew up in a very small town ( not even a traffic light- i guess you would call it a village -huh?) Moved to a larger town - lived there for 8 years - started to hate the four lane highways and the traffic so DH and I moved. We now live about 7 miles from the town I grew up in but at least 5 miles away from any grocery store or gas station. And we love it! Of course sometimes we miss the convenience of having a store right around the corner but wouldn't trade it for anything! All in all though I have never lived more than 30 miles from where I grew up.