1. The size of your new place is terrifying

Huge. Everything becomes huge. You've gone from a one red light town to a city setting and that has never felt more apparent. There are so many people, so many places, and so many things to do that it's a bit overwhelming until you get used to it.

2. You have options of things to do

Speaking of things to do... gone are your days of having to drive an hour just to find any kind of night life. You've got more shops, clubs, and restaurants than you knew existed right outside your door.

3. No one understands your expressions

All of those lovely little expressions and sayings you've spent your whole life hearing might as well be a foreign language to your new friends.

4. You shock people with tales of driving an hour to get places

Those same friends can't believe that you used to drive an hour just to go to Target. People are shocked when you say that you have to go to the next town over to go to the grocery store (the only grocery store that is close). Likewise, you think it's hilarious when they complain about having to go thirty minutes for something.

5. You feel a kinship with anyone else from a small town

It doesn't matter if you like them or not, suddenly, you can relate. The small townies have an understanding for each other that most people just don't.

6. Your accent inevitably gets made fun of

Small town, southern accent? Yeah. I feel your struggle. At best, people ask where you're from with amused curiosity. At worst, they think you're an international student. People constantly ask you to repeat things so they can show your twang to their friends. Fortunately, professors usually find the accent very charming.

7. You're usually lost in conversations at least once every day

Your friends are constantly talking about going to this place or that store. The problem? You've never heard of it. There's not one within a hundred miles of home.

8. You realize just how much you love your roots

Ah home! Though you may enjoy your time away from that small little town in the middle of nowhere where you grew up, those are your roots and you will always have a nostalgic love for the place.