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| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 24 2005 : 6:34:44 PM
Do you live in (or near) a LARGE town .. to a TINY town? Do you know the population? How do most people make their living in your area? |
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| Whimsy_girl |
Posted - Nov 14 2005 : 8:33:02 PM
Blueroses,
You have a smaller population, but we have 1 less traffic light than you.. we do have our own little library though!
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
| theherblady |
Posted - Nov 07 2005 : 07:41:35 AM
I live in a town of 1,000-We have a small grocery store-good in a pinch but cant compete with "in-town" prices..We have a bank, 2 saloons and a Caseys general store which was a wonderful addition to our small town..The closest big city is Peoria, IL of which I work at one of the biggest medical centers..It sure is a joy getting "out of town" and back into the country when I get off work..I couldnt stand driving or living in such congestion....
Jan |
| TheSoapMaven |
Posted - Oct 29 2005 : 12:51:23 AM
We live 7 or so miles from a town of 3000. LOVE IT! Or loved it...the interstate is coming thru right thru the middle of town, thru neighborhoods...houses were removed...makes me think of the first few lines of Pink Houses by John Mellencamp...makes me sad. Progress is a scary thing sometimes.
Susan
Proprietress of Dahlem's Soapworks http://www.thesoapmaven.com
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| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 28 2005 : 4:31:40 PM
I've been on this forum for 15 months and I am still learning new things about the great people who post here...it takes time and openess and lots of different subjects and topics. I have been so blessed and fortunate to make some very dear friends here 
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| CabinCreek-Kentucky |
Posted - Oct 28 2005 : 3:34:53 PM
Frannie, dear, are you interviewing for a magazine article? So many questions!
HA! ACTUALLY, I DO WRITE ARTICLES FOR A NEW MAGAZINE: MERCANTILE GATHERINGS .. BUT MOSTLY .. I THINK 'KNOWING EACH OTHER IS WHAT CREATES 'TRUE FRIENDS'. |
| blueroses |
Posted - Oct 28 2005 : 11:00:36 AM
Hey Whimsy Girl - I live up the road a little ways from you in Rathdrum.
Our population is around 3,800. We were one of the first towns in North Idaho. We have 2 traffic lights, 2 grocery stores and many churches. We are close to Coeur d'Alene and Spokane, but still in a more relaxed atmosphere. Most people that live here commute to those two cities.. We do have some farms and lumber is still an ongoing thing, but we're turning into a "bedroom community".
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
| Mari-dahlia |
Posted - Oct 28 2005 : 06:54:36 AM
We live in a small town of 3,000 people, 5 church's and a town park in the center of town( at the only light) with a white round bandstand where the town band plays in the summers on Wednesday nights. It was the fastest growing town in America in the early 1900's. Then the manufacturing went under and the town has not evolved since. |
| Barn Goddess |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 7:22:28 PM
We live 4 miles from the village of Henry with 1 filling station/convenience store and a post office that is in a mobile home with no running water. I kid you not. There is an outhouse (Port-a-Let) in front of the trailer. They say there are about 300 homes in about a 5 mile radius. Don't know the population, but we're not incorporated. The nearest city of any size is Roanoke with about 100,000 people. We're about 35 miles from there. It's a very nice town. There is a small paint factory in Henry, but nothing else. Jobs are scarce. Bassett (Bassett Furniture) and Stanleytown (Stanley Furniture)are about 18 miles one way. They have cut back over the years. Lane Furniture closed their plant in Rocky Mount a few years ago. Job wise, it's a depressed area.
The rooster crows, but the hen delivers the goods. |
| LadyCrystal |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 5:01:08 PM
We live in a town of 5058 pop.The next town over has about 30,000.and to drive to a bigger town takes only 15 minutes.We do have a big Pharmaceutical company here.But most people that live here commute to Providence.We have one stop light here and no pizza delivery.That one was a hard one to get used to.I also had a hard time getting used to running down to the store taking a hour.So now I plan my trips very carefully before I go out.
Alicia
P.S.Karne we got to Maine all the time.My some of husband's family lives there.He is finnish also
http://fromcitytocountrygirl.blogspot.com/
follow your dreams |
| connio |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 4:22:02 PM
Hey Farm Girls!!!
I now live in an unincorporated area, but the closest town has a pop of about 7,500. (1 grocery, 3 traffic lights etc, no movie theaters) I have also lived in Dallas, pop 1 million +. I grew up in Northern Illinois in a series of small towns that ranged in size from 2,500-10,000. I have also lived 60 miles north of London in two small towns/villages.
I must say that I prefer the country and tiny towns even though I do need to go into a city about every 2-3 months to get a "culture/cool restaurant/museum fix."
Connie
cozycottage |
| MeadowLark |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 3:56:11 PM
I live in a town of around 50,000...We used to be a SAC Air Force base location in the early 60's and supposedly had the world's biggest runway. Aircraft and associated industry is real big here...as well as Ag industry. Kansas City is 3 hours and is close to a mil in populace...Denver to the west is 7 hours on I70...6 if ya speed and all the Rockies and great skiing! ( not to mention the Broncos)My place sits on 20 acres east of town. I have a grand view of a huge grain elevator in my back yard. Not a fence or trees are big enough to hide it. Oh and I am located about 15 miles from the geographic center of the US...in case you haven't guessed I live in Kansas.
If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. |
| Whimsy_girl |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 3:39:41 PM
Our population is 4743. (I just looked it up to be accurate too) :)
Most people here either make their living with small businesses or farming. Some drive to neighboring towns for work. I think the only chain store my little town has is an Ace Hardware, but it's still owned by locals and part of a franchise. We just got a grocery store but it's pretty slim pickings there. There are quite a few produce stands all over the place here though.
I'd say my town is tiny, but I grew up in the middle of Spokane which felt pretty small compaired to Seattle where we went for overnight trips growing up. Living where we do now, Liberty lake and post falls (the two closest towns) feel big and Spokane and Coeur d'Alene (sp?) feel quite large.
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
| MNFarmGirl |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 2:50:48 PM
Aunt Jenny you must have lived pretty close to me. I went to college in Bemidji, but I live around the Park Rapids area. I am glad to hear that there are some Minnesotans on the site! Aubrey |
| celebrate2727 |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 1:09:30 PM
I think the poplulation of Lindstrom is just over 2000, which is small to me as I grew up in Ithaca NY which had a population of 30,000. I do enjoy the convenience of having a big city close by( Minneapolis /St Paul) Hey all you MN Farmgirls past and present!
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
-Herm Albright (1876 - 1944)
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 11:22:51 AM
Hey, I wonder if I lived near where you live in MN Aubrey! I actually didn't live in a town that BIG when I lived there..haha
I loved Minnesota though, and would love to go there again some time. I lived on Sand Lake sort of between Grand Rapids and Bemidji for a couple years..over 20 years ago...pretty pretty place. I have alot of good memories from there..and a son who was born there!!
Jenny in Utah
Put all your eggs in one basket..and then watch that basket!! Mark Twain |
| MNFarmGirl |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 08:17:48 AM
I live in a small town with the population around 300, but I have never seen that many people before. We have one street through the town and it's paved! The towns surrounding me are much smaller, so I guess I live in a big city compared to them. One town has a pop. of 4, just one family lives there. And another town beside mine has a pop. of 10 and last year the mayor of the town was a dog, the year before it was a horse. When people ask me where I live I just say Northern MN. |
| ThymeForEweFarm |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 06:26:58 AM
I live in a town of 67. The next towns are 105 and 225. The Passamaquoddy reservation is much larger at 676.
Robin
www.thymeforewe.com |
| greyghost |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 06:19:25 AM
My town is a little bigger - 4,556.
I currently live on 1/2 acre in town, which makes it easy to walk a dog to the post office or even walk to get groceries, to the hardware store, or even the antique shops if I want to visit Ella for a while. |
| Park Avenue |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 05:22:06 AM
I live in Paradise Valley Alberta. POP 178
We are 1/2 hour SW of Lloydminster,(POP25,000) Canada's only border city, on the Alberta/Saskatchewan border.
2hours east of Edmonton Ab.
Michele
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| jenny louise |
Posted - Oct 27 2005 : 02:41:03 AM
We live on a farm 8 miles outside of a town called Cass City, where the population is about 4,000. That includes all of the farm folks outside of town as well. There are alot of farms, mostly grain and bean and sugar beet, jobs around here range from ag to part shops, or 'job shops'. Since we are about 65 miles from saginaw, there are also commuters that work for GM or Delphi. It is a pretty good blend and a comfortable town, safe and nicely kept up. Of course,we have three dollar stores,(seems they have popped up all over the country),one traffic light, and a quaint theater, pharmacies, and a bakery, ice cream shop, antique shops,a furniture store, a grain processor, banks, realtors, an area newspaper,a grocery store...typical mid-western town. I like living here, moved up from atlanta, georgia years ago, and although I miss the cultural differences,and am glad that i have had the different experiences, I really love living in quietude! Jenny Louise
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| finngirl |
Posted - Oct 26 2005 : 4:47:31 PM
I live in a very small town in the mountains of Maine. Pop. approx. 900. The major "industry" in the area is logging and tourism
( skiing in winter)My husband is an electrician and has to travel 40 miles to his shop.The nearest grocery store is 15 miles away. Maine used to have a number of manufacturing jobs but most have left the state or gone over seas beacuse of cheaper labor, less taxes etc.. We live on 5 acres of a 1000 acre farm owned by my family since 1919 when my great grandparents came here from Finland.I absolutely love it here and couldn't imagine being anywhere else. |
| katie-ell |
Posted - Oct 26 2005 : 4:02:42 PM
I live in a suburb of Chicago. Chicago itself has a population of 2.9 million; the greater metropolitan area --which can be defined as the area from Kenosha WI around the bottom of Lake Michigan to Gary, Indiana, and westward from the city a ways -- is 9 million. My suburb numbers around 38,000. Although I grew up on a farmette, I do love the city, and lived in Chicago itself during my early 20s.
Like Lynda from St Louis said about her city, I think this is more than a nice place to visit. The energy, creativity, and challenges of the city/suburban area are exhilarating sometimes, trying at other times. And the history of the area is great, and the people warm and friendly.
We're lucky to have 1/2 acre here, so I do lots of gardening (which is also my vocation -- garden design). And the area has fantastic farmer's markets in each town -- there's even one in downtown Chicago weekly. The world-renowned Chicago Botanic Garden just 10 minutes from my house.
As far as what people do here -- everything! Lots of industry, lots of banking, corporate headquarters (Kraft is a stone's throw away), lots of everything. Wonderful ethnic diversity -- I love going to Devon for Indian cuisine, to Greektown, to Chinatown. . . . And in my suburb, we have wonderful Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, Italian restaurants and grocery stores.
I firmly believe in that saying, "Bloom Where You Are Planted." I'm happy I made the move to the big city, because I met my wonderful husband here and we'll move one day to the country, where we'll have chickens and a couple of silly goats and a huge garden and a strawberry patch.
Come visit Chicago! |
| asnedecor |
Posted - Oct 26 2005 : 3:47:18 PM
Frannie -
I live in a big town - Portland Oregon - population according to the 2003 census was at 538,544. Since then I am sure it has grown more. Besides being called Portland, we are also known as the Rose City - excellent climate for growning roses and every year at the first part of June we have the rose festival. We have also been called Stumptown, Bridgetown (because of the bridges), River City (again because the Willamette divides west and east and the Columbia divides us at the border of Oregon and Washington), PDX (after our airport code), Rip City and P-town. We are a city of high tech corporations - Intel,NEC,etc. We are also home to the corporate offices of Nike. We have a big tourist industry and big international trade because we sit on the Pacific Rim. I'm myself work for a aftermarket automotive manufacturer that is an International company and has been in business for over 45 years. Our climate is pretty mild - never really gets too cold in the winter (maybe a few days in the mid 20's) and never really hot in the summer (few days in the upper 90's and low 100's). We are approximately 1 1/2 hours from the beach and about the same from the Cascade Mountains. A pretty nice place to live.
Anne in the Rose City.
"Second star to the right, straight on till morning" Peter Pan
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| Aunt Jenny |
Posted - Oct 26 2005 : 3:39:40 PM
I live in a very small town of 3,000 at most, with no stop lights and a very "Mayberryish" atmosphere. I LOVE it. As for what most people do for work...there are lots of turkey farms and that is the main thing I guess..small businesses and forestry are big and some people commute. We have a college town of about 5,000 7 miles away so people work there too. I am so thankful to live here...it is a nice place.
Jenny in Utah
Put all your eggs in one basket..and then watch that basket!! Mark Twain |
| verbina |
Posted - Oct 26 2005 : 3:25:02 PM
i live in the last of jersey UNTOUCHED land lots of history and no developers YET! |
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