Barbm

I live in a rural area, we have 34 acres mostly trees and about 11 acres of field. There's no town per se- we are beyond the suburbs of Wilkes-Barre, the county seat. The City is having its difficulties- loss of jobs, crime rate going up, gangs are now here, typical big city stuff. But at the same time, we welcome diversity, I do closings and I love to hear the stories of the families who come here to give their kids a good education and get away from the crime of NYC. There are buses that run everyday to NYC so many commute.

We have a ton of things to offer- an arena for big name acts to come in, ice hockey-the baby Penguins are here, in the summer we have minor league baseball- the Yankees. We have an airport within 45 min., outlets for shopping, the famous Poconos are 1 1/2 hrs. away. Let's see- we have multiple ski resorts and state parks for fishing and boating. Yep- lots to do here.

There is good and bad everywhere. I love my home and my job, but would love to move someplace warm as I have never liked the snow and ice. But it is home and I'll just visit my warm places on vacation.

Shelbie

I live on a farm north of a small town of 5000 which is growing because many recent residents commute to the city to work. There is a good assortment of shopping, two grocery stores, drugstore, large hardware store and building centre, two women's clothing stores, jewellery store, two pet food stores, two video stores, two furniture/appliance stores, flower shop, two dollar stores, family department store, several restaurants, three banks and best of all a great quilt store. We also have a great arena, curling club, swimming pool and two gyms. There are churches, service clubs and other groups to join. If you can't find something to do in this community it's because you won't leave your house. Hiking, skiing and snowmobiling are available not far from town. It's a good place to raise a family as it is still small enough to know many people but large enough to offer lots of opportunities and Toronto is only an hour and a half away!

sewingsuz

I live 100 mile north of Phoenix Arizona. It is a small town located in what is know as the verde valley. About 14 mile from Sedona AZ which is a tourist town and is beautiful red rock country with Oak Creek Canyon on the other end of town which is also beautiful. There is not much shopping where I live or culture. We go to the White mountains which is about 250 miles from here in the summer and it is alot cooler. I lived in Ohio until I was 15 yrs old and then in Phoenix for 30 yrs. and here for 26 yrs. Not much rain or snow here. It was cold here last week. Got down to 16 degrees a couple nights and one day it never got higer then 37. that is cold for us. It was almost 70 degrees today.My panseys are still ok I covered them up for a few nights. This is considered high desert and not very pretty. Mountains all around us.

samifel

I live in a town that has a river separating the US from Canada. We are the largest town in the county and we have the only 2 traffic lights in the county. Our high school takes in 15 small surrounding towns and usually graduates out 50-60 kids. We celebrated out Bicentennial in 2009. We have a Walmart and 2 grocery stores, McDonalds, Burger King and Dunkin Donuts. We are the shopping hub. Our claim to fame is probably that we are the eastern most city in the country (there are a couple of towns a little more east). For most our roots run very deep. My grandchildren are the 9th generation of my family to live here.

Joanie2

Reading some of your posts makes me a bit homesick of the small town life where I grew up in northwestern CT. But it's not even the same anymore. I am located in a growing community - 16,000 people (just got a zip code about 9 yrs ago.)We are between a city of about 170K people with lots of crime and empty businesses and the town of Napa. You've all heard of the Napa Valley and their wineries. American Canyon is called the Gateway to the Napa Valley. It's growing -- we have a Wal-Mart and a major grocery chain store and a few small shops but nothing really exciting yet. No clothing stores, book stores or movie theater but they are all only a few miles away. We've have our own high school for the first time and it's supposed to be one of the best, high-tech schools in the country. We have a library and a senior center now. Would be wonderful to have a quilt shop.

akgranny

i live under a mountain and beside the bay .... absolutely gorgeous winter or summer. my town is different now from when i grew up here ...... an earthquake and tidal wave tried their best to do us in, but that was 50 years ago. now it's a tourist town, but oh, so much more than that.
besides, moose and bear stroll through town; porpoise, whales, otters frolic in the waves off the beach. it's bird heaven.

trisha

I live in the town with a theme park and it is known as the Roller Coaster Captial of Americal. Rated in the top 5 parks in the USA. It is called Cedar Point and is visited by people from all over the world.
In the summer it is constant congestion, traffic everywhere and on the weekends the locals don't leave their homes til after noon because cars are lined up for miles. But the area is beautiful in the summer, because we live right on Lake Erie and can see water for miles around.

grann of 6

Oh, SewingSuz, I was in Cottonwood,AZ when I was 12 years old. Had some family friends that lived in Prescott and went into Cottonwood to shop. I spent the whole summer there with them, from right after school got out in June till Labor Day. I just loved it. Of course this was over 50 years ago. Always wanted to go back. I remember the Indians coming down off the mountain and walking through town with their papooses on their back and moccasins.

Barbm

another things (or things) about our area is we have 5 colleges within driving distance. We have a medical college- brand new. Churches- tons and tons of them and all sorts of activities for the youth- church and sports.

We are also very close to NYC and Phila., so days trips are common.

My family has also been here since the area was settled in the late 1700s. I live 2 miles from the family homestead and can say we know many of the neighbors since we were "knee high to a grasshopper". My hubby is a transplant here- he was raised in the City but is accepted here because he married me. :)

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.