12 Ways You Know You Grew Up In A Small Town In Nebraska

Life in small-town Nebraska is a little slower, a little friendlier, and a lot more secure than living in a bigger city. Since most of Nebraska is made up of small towns, I imagine most of us can relate to these – or at least know someone who can.

1. You have no idea where your house key is because you've never locked your front door.

2. Every time you go to the grocery store, at least three people stop you to ask how your family is.

3. When you go to the gas station or grocery store, there's at least one unlocked car running out front with no one in it.

5. You know what "knee high by the 4th of July" means.

6. When you were a kid, mom called you home by yelling your name from your front doorway - and you heard her no matter where you were in the town.

7. Your school bus ride was an hour each way every day.

8. You drove your first tractor before you were out of diapers.

9. ...And you learned to drive Dad's pickup by the time you were 13.

10. You do this every time you see another car on the road.

11. You've had to stop your car to wait for a loose cow to get out of the street.

12.Your idea of a traffic jam is five or six cars driving behind a tractor.

Are you from a small Nebraska town? What parts of the experience did we miss?

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12 Ways You Know You Grew Up In A Small Town In Nebraska

Delana Lefevers

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