Quote from: Gertrude on April 11, 2018, 06:31:15 PM
I couldn't live with people in my >-bleeped-<e like that. Too parochial.
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@ Gertrude: Actually, aside from my recent coming-out dilemma that is now mostly done.... I rather enjoy going places around town, bumping into people on the street I know by name, doing business with stores and restaurants where they know my name and I know theirs.
It is very comforting for me to know that if my car gets stuck on the road, or I am in distress or whatever that I will know that there will be people that I know that will stop and help... or that I can call people I know and get help and not from strangers that may or may not be of the best character.
Here the townspeople are very trusting once they get to know you. Of course, like anywhere one goes there are always the misfits, criminals and untrustworthy people but they are mostly difficult to find.
The big drawback here is that I have to drive a very long way to get to any large city like Anchorage or a smaller big city like Fairbanks. Anchorage is a little closer and that is where I go when I want to go to Costco once every 6 to 8 weeks to stock up and to go shopping... or to go to a medical specialist like my endo.. That inconvenience is more than offset by all the good things about living here.... no sirens at night, no heavy traffic, no freeways nor even any 4 lane roads, and only 4 stoplights. And the scenery here is spectacular... the in-town views and views from my home of snow capped mountains is breathtaking ... .. nearby skiing and hiking, etc.... and lots of fishing and hunting opportunities.
All in all, I really like my small, tight knit, and local
parochial setting as compared to a large city where one can get "lost" in the crowd.... but I do understand that there are people that do want to get lost in the crowd... not really knowing some of the their neighbors or merchants, and lots of traffic and congestion..
Thank you for your reply, I respect your opinion and I am glad that you voiced it.
Danielle