10 Reasons Why Small Town West Virginia Is Actually The Best Place To Grow Up
Life in small towns sometimes gets a bad rap. Some people would rather be in places where more exciting things are going on. But life in small West Virginia towns actually has plenty of positives. Here are a few of them:
1. Summer evenings meant playing tag or hide-and-seek with the neighborhood kids.
2. Snow days meant sledding on those West Virginia hills.
3. You can actually see the stars out there.
4. This is what recreation looked liked (but hopefully with better a catch).
5. You got to know your neighbors at church picnics and neighborhood cookouts. You knew the value of a close-knit community.
6. You could ride your bike down the street without fear.
7. There were local grocery stores, not Walmarts.
8. You learned the importance of family.
9. You didn't worry about stoplights -- many places didn't have any.
10. Rush hour looked like this. There was never any traffic to worry about.
These are just a few of the best things about life growing up in small town West Virginia. What was your favorite thing about it?
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