anyone live in a small town?

Frank Scherer said:
Coincidentally no more than 30 minutes after yesterdays post, my son informed me that two people were shot to death in the home on the corner. About five doors down. I looked of the balcony and kids were out riding their bicycles and playing in the street.



With the tenants now chilling in the morgue, the landlord will for sure be looking for new renters if anyone is interested. It's a nice location with a little fruit and vegetable shop just across the street. Come on down! We can be neighbors!
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Any clue why they got wacked? Was there a drug connection there, or was it just a robbery/untargeted crime?
 


Danc1122 said:
Yup, I'm in Maine and my town probably has about 15k and I know practically everyone from my high school and 90% of them are still living here.

It tough... one part of me wants to move to California, Florida, Vegas or some other place so I focus hardcore on my business and live my dreams. Other part of me wants to just live in my hometown because of my girlfriend and it's awesome knowing everyone and I have a lot of people I've been friends with for 15 + years.

I know what your saying though about the feeling of going backwards in life. When I hang out with my buddies, literally none of them have a job paying more then minimum wage and we pretty much just drink and smoke and "chill". It sucks because I always feel guilty because I feel like I'm wasting my time (which I am) and that I should be working on my business.

For business moving away and focusing all your time on it is obviously the smarter thing to do. But is that really going to make you happy?

Sure you will probably make more money, but when you're on your death bed are you going to regret missing out on the fun memories your friends shared?

So for those of you who where in a similar situation and moved out to the big city or whatever... are you glad you did? Any regrets? Do you miss your family and old friends a lot? Just wondering because I'd like to move, but a part of me doesn't think it's the right thing to do, in terms of happiness.
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Danc, I've been in the very same situation as you, and all I can say is: it's about balance.

After a lot of experience, I finally know what is best for me.

If I were in your shoes, I'd be asking the same questions, but what I would do is move to cali, vegas, or ny, and work on my business. Then I'd make some new friends, and believe or not, those new friends can be 10x better than your old ones.

It's kind of like thinking the girlfriend you have is "the one." You think she is so great because she's perfect for you, she's funny, nice, innocent, trustworthy and honest, cool to be around with, and you accept her flaws, but the harsh reality is that there is ALWAYS someone better than your gf out there. You just gotta get out and find her.

It's all about balance.

Balance your money and your fun. Life sucks if you have one but not the other.
 
One of our guys grew up in a town of 14k, then moved to a town of 8k for college and now he's back to this area. Funny thing is, the town he went to school in, in Iowa, is so small that cows almost outnumber people.

I get what you're saying about comfort zones. I actually traveled around, lived in Vienna for a while, spent a summer working in Africa...
 
I live on an island and whenever i tell my buddies lets take a trip, they aren't interested because they don't know any better. If you grow up always hearing "this is the best place ever!" why would you care to go anywhere else?
 
gbmack said:
After a lot of experience, I finally know what is best for me.

If I were in your shoes, I'd be asking the same questions, but what I would do is move to cali, vegas, or ny, and work on my business. Then I'd make some new friends, and believe or not, those new friends can be 10x better than your old ones.

It's kind of like thinking the girlfriend you have is "the one." You think she is so great because she's perfect for you, she's funny, nice, innocent, trustworthy and honest, cool to be around with, and you accept her flaws, but the harsh reality is that there is ALWAYS someone better than your gf out there. You just gotta get out and find her.
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Good advice.
 
If you're not happy move. It's not that hard to do and complaining about people "in their comfort zone" and then not doing something about your own situation is a bit hypocritical.

Unless you've got a sick mother to look after your friends and family can come visit you, and it gives them an excuse to visit the "big city". You'll be back a couple times a year making seeing your friends all the more special. Plus you'll make new friends.

Oh, and lol @ HardSale for ripping on the OP about his "grammar". Ya might want to learn the difference between "your" and "you're" and that decades aren't possessive.
 
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