1. People ask where you're from.
After too many of these instances, you've finally resorted to naming the biggest and most well-known town closest to you to avoid the usual confusion.
2. You can't go anywhere without running into someone you know.
Whether it's someone's parent, grandparent, or a kindergarten classmate, you're more than likely to see someone.
3. You've known all of the same people since childhood.
The people you grew up with have known you for too long and maybe... a little too well.
4. Most of the road signs you've seen have tractors or horses on them because that's about the only traffic you experience.
5. Your parents went to school with everyone else's parents.
Looking at your parents' old class pictures and yearbooks are like stepping into a time machine that mirrors your own class. Your families know all about each other's families.
6. You've heard the same people tell the same stories a million times but listen anyway.
7. Hideout and hangout spots are few and far-between, but you know where they all are.
8. Gossip travels like wildfire.
You try as hard as you can, but your secrets become everyone's secrets.
9. The speed limit hasn't been changed since the 50s.
The only people that truly obey the speed limit are your grandparents and you when you see the occasional cop car.
10. Connections are everything.
Depending on who you know, you're able to get out of certain situations without a scratch.
11. Having to take a long ride to go anywhere is the norm.
Most stores, malls and good restaurants are about 15 minutes away, but this is something you're more than used to.
12. At first, visiting cities seems like visiting a whole other world.
Big, noisy, bright places are opposite of what you're used to, so the city can be a great escape for you, or remind you of how much of a small-town person you are.
13. You know you’ll always have roots there.
Whether you move to a new place or not, you'll always have that sense of knowing where you came from.
14. Lastly and most importantly: there's no place like home.
