I know the doctor and lawyer figures are astonishing but what really surprised me was a small town with 3 movie theaters.
That,to me,is astounding.
Most small towns have none.
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It is no longer a small town. It has become a bedroom community for the DC area.
When I was growing up there it was a farming community, now it has become somewhat cosmopolitan ... when last I visited, I didn’t even recognize the place.
As for the theaters, they are not the same ones as those of my youth, however, we did, in truth, have three movie houses. Never gave it much thought, but I guess that was a large number for a small town, but our town catered to a very large farming community and was the largest town surrounded by a multitude of smaller communities.
We were the entertainment center for miles around (and the site of the county fair).
Or one multiplex. The number of theaters a town needs is directly proportional to the number of teenagers and young adults who need somewhere to go on date night. Especially teenagers, because they're usually not in bars.