I grew up in a township-summer time there would be close to 300 people. Once school time rolled around the numbers dropped to about 80-pets out numbered people. Lake Erie was our front yard. They now boast a population of 650. Still has no stop lights -no post office and they still have 1 neighborhood bar - 2 bait shops and the same Superette owned by the same family. Only 30 minutes to K-Mart providing you don't get caught by a train.Where I live now it's still a small town at about 16,000 -in 1995 there were less than 1300.I've lived all over in big cities-Indy -Atlanta -Philly -San Diego to name a few and I really prefer small town living. People are friendlier and watch out for one another.