Tell me about it! I love my "home soil," and will always consider it to be "home." However, with the advantages of being a "large small town," like you said, there are also plenty of disadvantages. I think my loathing of dealing with political campaigns comes from my experience with them in Delaware. I'd rather work with issues anyway.
I still enjoy both.
But the small size of Delaware actually spoiled me.......I knew all the politicians and the issues and knew exactly who to call and who not. The huge size of Virginia is daunting in comparison.
Being off over here myself also doesn't help very much, many legislators don't even seem to know where the Eastern Shore is.............