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Originally Posted by psicodude
Maybe off topic a bit, but I don't understand the people that say they want to move to a small town to raise a family. I grew up in Medicine Hat and let me tell you, I got into a ton of trouble because there was simply nothing else better to do. EVERYONE in my school got wasted every weekend, and I would say a solid 50% had been in trouble with the police.
Obviously the same thing can happen in the big city, but at least there are other options for kids. There are a million different activities in the city that just don't exist in small towns. Mind you, gangs aren't a real problem in small towns...
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I wouldn't call Medicine Hat a small town. For me, a small town has less than 10,000 population. You're right that crap happens in small towns as well, but in a small town people know who the crack whores are, who's running a grow-op, etc. The main issue for me about small towns versus cities though is simple accountability. In a city, people tend to act like jerks more because they're anonymous ... if a person drives like a jerk on Deerfoot or behaves boorishly at the mall, chances are nobody will know the person anyway so there's no implact on the jerk's personal reputation. In a small town people who might be inclined to behave like jerks tend to be kept in line better because if you do stunned things in public, all your friends and neighbours will hear about it. Simply put, there's more accountability for a person's behavious in a small town ... that's what I like about small towns. It cuts down on the level of public rudeness by a large degree.