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clevermanka) wrote2007-04-17 10:51 am
clevermanka) wrote2007-04-17 10:51 am
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Small town
Somehow I can't see you as a Hoosier -- You're just too damn hip and funky. I always kinda figured you came outta Greenwich Village or some kinda smooth San Fran commune filled with hot Jazz and nightly dancing!
That's what one of my grad students said, when I told him congrats on a possible job offer in Indiana, and that was my home state.
I have no idea where people get the idea that I'm some hip, in-the-know culture goddess. Is it my hair? I have some original ideas about fashion and design, yes. I have fairly liberal views about social and civil rights. I have eclectic tastes in music. But what does any of that have to do with where one lives? Especially these days?
Some of my friends (I'm looking at you,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tattooedartgirl and mechascorpio) who would absolutely perish if they had to leave their big city life. I completely understand the need to live in a metropolis, but I don't share the desire. I like living near a sizeable city, especially one with an airport (yes, I count Kansas City as "sizeable"). I like visiting big cities. But living in a big city? Not so much.
I enjoy walking around downtown, knowing there's a good chance I'll run into someone I know. I enjoy paying twenty-five cents for an hour and a half of metered parking (and the $1 ticket for going over my meter isn't so awful, either). I enjoy getting a good salon haircut for under $40. I enjoy the minimal pollution. I enjoy the glances I get from looking a little different, and the occasional comment from someone who tells me I have a great haircut. I enjoy passing general pleasantries with chatty grocery store cashiers.
Yes, there are lots of things I give up by living in a small town. And I understand that there are many small towns that aren't as nice. But always I'll take living in a nice small town over a great big city.
That's what one of my grad students said, when I told him congrats on a possible job offer in Indiana, and that was my home state.
I have no idea where people get the idea that I'm some hip, in-the-know culture goddess. Is it my hair? I have some original ideas about fashion and design, yes. I have fairly liberal views about social and civil rights. I have eclectic tastes in music. But what does any of that have to do with where one lives? Especially these days?
Some of my friends (I'm looking at you,
tattooedartgirl and mechascorpio) who would absolutely perish if they had to leave their big city life. I completely understand the need to live in a metropolis, but I don't share the desire. I like living near a sizeable city, especially one with an airport (yes, I count Kansas City as "sizeable"). I like visiting big cities. But living in a big city? Not so much.I enjoy walking around downtown, knowing there's a good chance I'll run into someone I know. I enjoy paying twenty-five cents for an hour and a half of metered parking (and the $1 ticket for going over my meter isn't so awful, either). I enjoy getting a good salon haircut for under $40. I enjoy the minimal pollution. I enjoy the glances I get from looking a little different, and the occasional comment from someone who tells me I have a great haircut. I enjoy passing general pleasantries with chatty grocery store cashiers.
Yes, there are lots of things I give up by living in a small town. And I understand that there are many small towns that aren't as nice. But always I'll take living in a nice small town over a great big city.