11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

What it’s like to constantly run into your ex, and usually at very inconvenient times.

What it’s like to constantly run into your ex and his wife. And their dog.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

What it’s like to constantly run into your mom.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

The peculiar pleasure of participating in an amateur theatrical production.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

How limited the Tinder pool is.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

The time investment required to painstakingly craft a miniature replica of your town.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

Knowing the first name of pretty much everyone on the local police force. And also knowing what a good portion of them look like under their uniforms.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

The thrill of spending an evening cruising around town in the back of a van with a bunch of weirdos you went to high school with.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

Having a local restaurant where everyone knows your name, and you know that the waitress has a Broadway-caliber voice and a habit of getting motorboated in the walk-in freezer.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

The frustration that comes with having seemingly everybody in town all up in your business.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

But also the comfort in knowing that you can always count on that ragtag team of misfits to be there when you need them.

11 Things Only People Who Live in Small Towns Would Understand

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