what is your town like
#51
I live just 20 miles east of the Colorado border. Our town is dwindling quickly. We have a technical college. We have 6 motels (don't know how they all surviive) and WalMart is the only grocery or department store we have. It use to be a busy town with the railroad and sugar beets but now there is little to nothing.
#53
I live in sunny Central Oregon. Bend, OR to be exact. We are on the east side of the Cascade Mountains so our weather is much better than the Willamette Valley. Bend is a beautiful place. We have a lot going on here too. In the winter the mountains are the draw. There is so much to do. Mt. Bachelor ski resort is just 20 miles from downtown Bend. In the summer the mountains also are one of the draws. There are numerous mountain lakes, camping, hicking, mountain biking, climbing the mountains and much more.
We have a very vibrant downtown. We have 4 downtown festivals, one for each season. In the summer we have a wonderful car show, the Flash Back Cruise. It completely takes over the downtown area. We have a wonderful Saturday market.
Then of course the quilt stores. There are numerous quilt stores in the Central Oregon area. Of course there is the Sister's Quilt festival in July. Sisters is just a few miles west of Bend. It is a week long event with numerous classes with with world class quilt artists. The climax of the event is the Saturday Quilt show. Quilts hang from every building in town. The little town of 1100 swells to over 40,000. It is the highlight of the year.
We have a very vibrant downtown. We have 4 downtown festivals, one for each season. In the summer we have a wonderful car show, the Flash Back Cruise. It completely takes over the downtown area. We have a wonderful Saturday market.
Then of course the quilt stores. There are numerous quilt stores in the Central Oregon area. Of course there is the Sister's Quilt festival in July. Sisters is just a few miles west of Bend. It is a week long event with numerous classes with with world class quilt artists. The climax of the event is the Saturday Quilt show. Quilts hang from every building in town. The little town of 1100 swells to over 40,000. It is the highlight of the year.
#54
I moved from suburbs of Atlanta to a Gated Community in Sweetwater (the middle of a pasture field). Talk about culture shock for my kids. Town rolls up the sidewalk at 9 pm. We have 4 lights and lots of antique businesses. YOu can get pretty much anything you need within a 20 mile radius. VERY High unemployment rate. Home of The Lost Sea and the Largest Flea Market in the South. The Smoky Mountains are just over the hill.
Everyone is kin to everyone else and I am still "that woman frum Atlanta." That said I have made a few friends and for the most part people are very friendly and will go out of their way to help you.
It is about and hour drive to Knoxville and family. It is a 2 hour drive north to the outlaws- ahhem- in-laws. We get all 4 seasons (tooo Much Winter this year) & have wildlife out the window constantly. Wouldn't want to go anywhere else.
Everyone is kin to everyone else and I am still "that woman frum Atlanta." That said I have made a few friends and for the most part people are very friendly and will go out of their way to help you.
It is about and hour drive to Knoxville and family. It is a 2 hour drive north to the outlaws- ahhem- in-laws. We get all 4 seasons (tooo Much Winter this year) & have wildlife out the window constantly. Wouldn't want to go anywhere else.
#56
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: New Rockford, ND
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I live in a town, New Rockford, ND the population is about 1400. the average age is about 50 but we have a neat little quilt shop. she has people coming from all over ND. it is really neat. she also has a website i will have to try and find it. I work at the post office and hopefully will be retireing july 1 cant wait. all the time in the world to quilt. we have a neat little town
#57
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Location: Illinois
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I live smack dab in the middle of everything. But as soon as I am able to retire, i am moving to nowheresville. (were ever that is), someplace quiet and no one around, hopefully warmer their than here in the winter. Does such a place exist?? I spent a lot of my childhood on my grandparents farm it was soooo very nice. Now that area is built up, it use to be rural Mississippi. (well somewhat)
#58
Originally Posted by Hosta
I live in a town (25 square miles) that used to be all farming now it is all houses and there is basically a main street with 10 pizza shops one grocery store and lately five car repair shops have moved in. There are also a wide variety of empty stores. There is no local recreation for teens nothing but a park with a fish pond. Our biggest building besides the schools is the library. We have only one claim to fame we host a dinky corn festival every year. I have been wanting to start a quilt group but can't seem to drum up much interest. I have been here my entire life my husband was born in a house a couple miles from where we live. I just wish there was something here to draw people out of their houses and into a community spirit. Everything that has been tried has died out after a couple years.
#59
Originally Posted by stitchinwitch
Whatever joan_quilts had written, thats what its like here. If you ever want to "run away" this is the place to go. Since Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote all of the Little House books, the town celebrates with..."festivals"...every year, plays depicting Lauras life with the locals, ..no bars...churches everywhere, no stop lights, one old grocery store. There are 2 WalMarts 18 miles away on either side but if you want FRESH food and a selection of anything. you would need to go to Springfield, 50 miles away.
There are MANY casinos just a short drive away in Oklahoma, Kentucky, or Illinois.
There are MANY casinos just a short drive away in Oklahoma, Kentucky, or Illinois.
#60
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Houston, Tx.
Posts: 12
I live in Houston, Texas. All if can say is we have everything somewhere not far. I came from a very small country area. I graduated with a class of 20. Yes 20 students. Moved here. Talk about a culture shock. Wants to retire back home.
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