Growing up in a small town is far from glamorous. Yet, as I have grown, I realize that small town life is a unique experience. If you're from a small town, you'll probably relate to most of these experiences.

1. The coolest thing to do on a weeknight is to park your truck in the Walmart parking lot and rev your engines.

There's nothing like making a late night run for milk and being accosted by adolescent boys who equate the loudness of their trucks to their masculinity. It's a regular occurrence, so no one realizes how strange it is.

2. Everyone knows everyone's business.

I grew up hearing "word travels fast in a small town," from everyone from my grandma to my dentist. People love to talk, so gossip spreads like wildfire when your population is less than 15,000 individuals.

3. You know the back roads of your hometown better than you know your own social security number.

Riding the back roads with your best friend is your favorite summertime activity. When there's nothing to do in a tiny town, exploring back roads is almost like taking your own mini adventure. Those roads are your happy place.

4. You know which restaurants in town have the best barbecue, fried green tomatoes, cheeseburgers, etc.

It is a sin to go anywhere except Rib Shack for pulled pork sandwiches, and if anyone tries to tell you otherwise, you'll fight them. Food is sacred in small-town life.

5. You consider places to be "big cities" based on whether or not they have a mall.

When you're from a town that has one Walmart and maybe two big-name department stores, the convenience of a shopping mall is a luxury that we rarely get to experience. In my hometown, the nearest shopping mall is an hour away.

6. High school football is a big deal.

On Friday nights in the fall, your local high school football field was the place to be. I've seen grown adults get into altercations over the sport, and that is never a pretty sight. Everyone from tiny tykes to elderly people can be seen in the stands on these humid nights.

7. Speaking of sports, you probably had a coach that taught one of your classes, and he called everyone by their last name.

These teachers were either super strict or dangerously apathetic. I had a golf coach for one of my history classes, and if you could get him talking about golf, that's all he'd talk about for the rest of the period.

8. When someone asked you where you were from, you'd help them understand by telling them what bigger towns are close to it.

"I'm from Corinth. Oh, well, do you know where Oxford is? Okay, so you take 22 east towards Tupelo for about 45 minutes then you take highway 45 north for an hour, and that's Corinth."

9. When the fair comes to town, it's a huge deal.

The Slug Burger Festival was always my favorite because it takes place in the middle of the summer. Everyone in town was there on any given night. You'd spend half of your time enjoying the fair and the other half catching up with people you haven't seen in ages.

10. You love your small town USA.

As much as you swore you'd leave your tiny town and never look back, you still love it. While you may move on to bigger and better things, you are still thankful for all the memories you had there.