I know about small towns and the people who live in them because...

[RichardRay]

Poll question: I know about small towns and the people who live in them because...

I see a lot of posts about people who live in small towns and how they feel or think. My guess is that few folks on this board really know much about that subject, so I thought I'd try to find out.

Some definitions:

Rural Hamlet - Population less than 1,000. More than 100 miles to a freeway on ramp.

Rural Small Town - Population less than 5,000. More than 50 miles from a freeway on ramp.

Suburban Small Town - Population less than 20,000. More than 20 miles from a freeway on ramp.

"Lived in" = "maintained primary domicile, worked, shopped and recreated in for a substantial number of years..."

Living in a Rural Hamlet means there are probably well traveled residential thoroughfares that are unpaved, in northern ranges there are a substantial number of days in winter when your community is physically isolated by weather, if you're over 25 years old you can probably remember dialing local phone numbers with only 4 digits, you've never had home mail delivery, high speed Internet is new if it exists at all and available from a limited range of suppliers, you can identify the first day of deer season by the nearby fusillade early that morning.