Life in a really small town must be awful. Jobs few and opportunities limited. Low pay, especially if you work for the city. Small towns have a lot of trouble attracting good applicants for their police forces. It's a low-paying job with a lot of risks. Somebody has to do it. Small towns around here have gang problems and drug problems. Meth labs proliferate in this area, or at least they used to. What I would really hate about the small town life is the gossip and complete lack of privacy. Small towns are noted for their caste systems, dominant families, old money. But maybe I've read too many novels.
On the other hand, my wife lived in Slaton years ago and she still hates the place. You can live there for twenty years and still be treated like an outsider. Slaton is a good example of a town dominated by a few prominent families. If you don't have a connection to one of those families, you aren't going to fit in. That was the situation as my wife found it, and for her Slaton was a stifling and rather hostile place. But it's OK if you are just passing through, just visiting to drop some money around town. But living there seems to be another matter.
On the other hand, my wife lived in Slaton years ago and she still hates the place. You can live there for twenty years and still be treated like an outsider. Slaton is a good example of a town dominated by a few prominent families. If you don't have a connection to one of those families, you aren't going to fit in. That was the situation as my wife found it, and for her Slaton was a stifling and rather hostile place. But it's OK if you are just passing through, just visiting to drop some money around town. But living there seems to be another matter.
