Why do you like small town life?

Low cost of living.

Easy commute (even though it's a bit long).

Privacy/being left alone for the most part.

Better job opportunities than NOLA.

Lived in Atlanta for over a year, New Orleans for almost 10, Baton Rouge for about 5.

Postage stamp sized yards, crappy neighbors, and HOA rules....what's not to like about that?

Less hustle and bustle, less “commercial” life, MANY more family-oriented people and places. Crime still exists but it’s less frequent and the fact that most people know each other makes it harder for burglaries to occur.

Give me rural living over urban, subdivision living any day of the week.

Privacy, less crime (for the most part), less traffic to deal with. The downside is that everyone knows everyone and gossip can run rampant.

Living in a small town or city seems terrible to me. Big city or country, nothing in between.

Small town = no dam traffic. Kind of pisses me off catching one of the 5 red lights in town.

Every time I go to BR or NO, I think to myself how the hell people can live like that. And yes, I lived in NO for 18 years.

I grew up in Baton Rouge in the 80's and 90's, so of course we are not talking about Gotham City, but it isn't Mayberry, either. When I moved overseas, I lived in a city of 4 million people. It was fun and exciting at first, but after a couple of years it became a drag. When my job relocated to a small town about three hours south of the city, I was more than happy to move. Now, this town had a population of 35,000 but compared to where I was living it was a small town. When I moved back to the U.S., I moved to what is technically a small town, but it fast becoming just a suburb of Covington/Mandeville. Still, it is a lot better than having to live in Baton Rouge or New Orleans. I enjoy living in the smaller places because I enjoy my space. In Sydney it seemed like your neighbors were living on top of you and a 20x30 foot backyard was considered "big."

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who lived in Leesvile for most of his childhood.

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I'm sorry

Been living in L.A. for 5 months now and I am currently back in Louisiana for the holidays. I see the appeal of both honestly and each have pros and cons. I missed Louisiana while I was gone but now I miss my life in Cali and am ready to get back to it.

Out of pure preference I am all about small town simple life and will eventually get back to it but there are too many things to experience while I still can to stay here now.

I know many small town people from my family and childhood. Every time I'm around them the discussion centers around home projects, satanic people in their neighborhoods, neighbors who aren't up to par with them, church duties,and food. I've never heard so many discussions about what needs to be done to prepare for the next meal.

I've lived in a downtown condo in a big city for the last decade and have never once thought about anything these people deem as major discussion topics. I walk or bike to work, play a lot of golf, and walk down to my local watering hole or restaurant and have a few drinks with friends if I get bored discussing the local sports teams.

The difference between my life and my families mesmerize me, but what mesmerizes me the most is their inability to realize that there is life out there outside of their 10 mile radius.