Maybe you came from a farm town, or it was just generally tiny, but there are normally some commonalities that go along with growing up in a small town.
1. There's a pretty good chance that your town is actually a "village."
You have two choices: either cringe and avoid it, or jokingly call yourself a "villager." Saying, "I'm part of the village people," is my personal favorite.
2. You knew everyone in your grade from preschool until senior year.
That pretty much meant that you never dated anyone at school. You've known everyone for too long. It won't matter how cute they are now, you still remember them as the quiet kid who ate glue and paper all of the time.
3. Dating is difficult, if not impossible.
You have to take to take into account that if, or when, you break up, you'll definitely see them every day until one of you chooses to leave. Sadly, moving after a breakup doesn't always work. You probably had to find someone from another school if you did date.
4. No one believes you when you tell them the size of your graduating class.
Whenever I tell anyone that I graduated with 68 people, they look at me like I graduated from a one-room schoolhouse. You're used to people thinking that you grew up on the set of "Little House on the Prairie."
5. Your weekends were pretty boring.
Chances are good that your options were either the park, the one McDonald's, or your best friend's house for the weekend, unless you were down with driving for at least fifteen minutes to get anywhere fun.
6. You worked a ton!
Since there wasn't much to do on the weekends, why wouldn't you fill up your time with making money? Even babysitting or working at the one McDonald's that we mentioned earlier was better than boredom.
7. Family time happened a lot.
Again, there wasn't much to do and not a lot of friends to have, so your family was who you spent a majority of time with. At least you saved a ton of gas money.
8. You racked up the miles on your car fast.
It wasn't out of the ordinary to spend an hour on the road to get to your friend's house or to the nearest city. You probably even drove around for fun with your friends or just by yourself to have some alone time.
9. The smaller the town, the goofier the name is.
You sucked it up in high school and you avoid bringing it up at all costs in college. I normally avoid mentioning that I graduated from Hicksville, OH.
10. You don't even bother saying exactly where you're from, anyway.
No one is going to know what you're talking about, so you just say the closest city. It's easier than giving directions.
11. The diversity may not have been that strong.
You could probably imagine that, with under 100 in your graduating class, the chances of you being exposed to anything new are pretty low. By default, everyone ended up basically acting and looking the same.
No matter how small and unique your town was or how bad you wanted out, you normally are glad that's where you grew up. It gave you humble roots and a good head on your shoulders.
