More often it can be ugly. I lived in a small town for 16 years. I was never so ready to get back to the city.
Recently I had dinner with 3 women who live in a small town in another state. They launched into "gossip with gusto". I was sitting there having a flash-back to MY small town experience when one of the women apologized for talking about people I didn't know. As if talking viciously about people you DO know is OK. LOL
"They launched into "gossip with gusto".
LOL. I was proud of myself the other day for finding out I was not a gossip. I had heard the exact rumors about my state's now infamous Gov. McGreevy years ago, both here and from one of the attys at work. Yet hubby was stunned and amazed when McGreevy made his announcement. I guess I had never repeated to him what I had heard.
Maybe that's 'cause I'm a big city girl, in the big city nobody cares what you do, as long as you are not blocking the sidewalk. And I'd urge those lefty freaks who are planning to come to NYC for the convention to remember that.
I know a small town where the newspaper reports things like who got traffic tickets, whose going to have visitors for a week --- it's kind of funny. But the only good thing is that they'll call the sheriff if someone they don't recognize is messing around your property when you aren't home -- and of course they know if you're home or not.