The Sound of Silence
I grew up in a small town. I still live in that same small town.
I've been other places, lived other places, but no matter where I go I always want to come home. But it seems like my whole life people have been giving me the advice to leave. "You need to get out of Wyoming." "Come live with me in Anchorage!" "Why don't you move to Boise?" "There's nothing to do where you are, how do you live there?" For some reason, people insist that I move to a city.
Instead, I took a couple days off and went here
Yep. Just me and Maximus and not another person for a squillion miles. While sitting on my rock, pondering things (I had a lot of time to ponder) I decided that next time I'm told I need to go to the city, I will politely suggest to my city friends that they come here instead. If it's all about getting out of your comfort zone, then I think spending a few days in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by a bunch of nothing, having to just sit and think and put up with yourself would be good for them.
If they don't get the hint I guess I'll just move up to my camp. I don't get cell service there so all their "advice" will just go to my voicemail. :)
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August 10th, 2010 - 22:51
Nice, where was that?
I hated growing up in a medium sized town, grew up and knew I definitely wasn’t a big city girl, then moved to a really small town and realized I’m a medium sized town girl.
There’s pros and cons to anywhere, just preference. And there’s no relation between intelligence and population.
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August 10th, 2010 - 23:04
That’s up in the Big Horn Mountains where my cabin is. It’s not *really* a squillion miles away from everyone, but at least it feels like it. :)
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August 11th, 2010 - 12:57
My favorite spot in the world is on a creek in the Bighorns around the first of June. Nothing better.
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August 10th, 2010 - 23:42
That is a beautiful spot. You are lucky to have a cabin there.
I lived in big cities and medium cities, and while I go to the wilderness occaionally, I never lived in a really small town. I would like to try it some day.
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August 11th, 2010 - 06:23
nice. quiet is good. the guy next to me is playing a live version of the Star Spangled Banner (Hendrix) and I am not even awake.
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August 11th, 2010 - 10:41
Well, I have to admit it’s not *always* quiet up there. In the Fall you tend to get woken up by the sound of the elk bugling…oh darn. ;)
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August 11th, 2010 - 11:19
I miss Wyoming so much.
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August 11th, 2010 - 14:50
Hey stranger!
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August 12th, 2010 - 06:58
I grew up in a small town too. There’s hope for America if we can keep small towns and their character(s) intact.
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August 12th, 2010 - 17:23
I grew up in a small town — actually, in the country outside a small town. Then I went to college in a medium-sized town, joined the Navy, and later went to live in California. After California I lived in a mediumish-sized city; now I’m back in a small town, or, rather in a countryish area outside the small town.
Small is better for me. Oh, there are downsides, busybodies knowing your business, but with TV cameras and stukachnyi for the IRS proliferating the only real difference is that the new busybodies can send you to jail instead of just gossiping about you.
My neighbor put up a four-bay toybox for his car collection, and put mercury-vapor lamps on all four corners that shine onto my property. I resent it. I liked it when it got dark at night, and if you wanted noise you had to depend on the critters.
Regards,
Ric
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August 13th, 2010 - 20:13
Don’t encourgage city folk to go to the wild places. Some of them might stick, and then the wild places won’t be quite as wild. We went to visit Yellowstone a few years ago and the place is surrounded by small ranches, each with their own house. Downright crowded looking.
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