Is it true that in small towns, everybody knows everybody?

[El_Mero_Mero]

For those of you that did, what are the positives and negatives that y'all experienced coming up like that?

 

[UpAndComing]

I lived in Small towns before

Unless it's like real real small like 3k, then yeah everyone knows everybody. But if it's a decent sized small town like 30k, then nah. They might know of you, but never know you fully. Some people you may only see once in a while

 

[Yinny]

Yes

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

For those of you that did, what are the positives and negatives that y'all experienced coming up like that?

i grew up like that....you know everybody or of everybody

the positives are obvious....

the negatives are that everybody knows your business....nothing is secret for long

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Know somebody that knows somebody

 

[Canada Goose]

Small towns got the worst chatty patties.... or so I heard.

 

[1 other person]

I grew up in a fairly small town. Had a cousin from Atlanta who would come visit and ask me who random people was when went to the store or the barbershop. I would look at him like



"You think I know everybody in the damn town?"

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

it's true

 

[BelowTheMasonDixon]

For those of you that did, what are the positives and negatives that y'all experienced coming up like that?

Its true in most cities too not just small towns black people tend to know other black people.

 

[MJ Truth]

For those of you that did, what are the positives and negatives that y'all experienced coming up like that?

Sorta.

I grew up in a small town and pretty much everyone knew everyone growing up, and if you didn’t know someone you knew their brother or their aunt or their kids or whatever. For the most part. Particularly for those of us who were even the slightest bit social.

I’ve lived in big cities my whole adult life and the shyt is different, but in a way it’s similar if you frequent the same places, which most people do.

The positives is there is a level of built in trust when you’ve grown up around the same people and your parents know their parents, etc, so we all look out for each other. The downside is it was hard to pull off fukkery in high school without somebody letting my pops know.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

It’s part of the reason why a lot of small town folks move to large cities when they are young paying super high rent. They want to experience a place where they are a needle in a haystack

 

[NkrumahWasRight Is Wrong]

Small towns got the worst chatty patties.... or so I heard.

Well played

 

[jeh]

Yes, think little house on the prairie (tv show)

 

[Manolo]

My mom’s family is from a small town of like 100k and by the time people hit their mid 20s, everybody has either met each other or knows of each other

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

My mom’s family is from a small town of like 100k and by the time people hit their mid 20s, everybody has either met each other or knows of each other