Your town was the “fun” place,I guess. County fairs and three movies sounds terrific..
I grew up in a Boston neighborhood but after marrying moved to a small city of 85,000....there are only 2 movies there now....the most was 4 in the 40 years I spent there and the population has remained stable.
That’s why your figure surprised me.
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85K a small city? If we had 8,000 I would be surprised. LOL!