OK. I grew up in a pseudo-rural, medium sized town. There's a lot of good things that I could tell you about the people -- but I don't think they're qualitati

OK. I grew up in a pseudo-rural, medium sized town. There's a lot of good things that I could tell you about the people -- but I don't think they're qualitatively that different from people in most cities. But I can also tell you that they're regressive, judgmental places. If someone thinks you screwed up or did something that is in their eyes wrong, everyone knows. I can't disentangle the assertion that small town culture is somehow special (and I'm not sure whether the author's assertion this is true) from the kind of rigid roles people in this kind of place impose upon one another (which is inextricably tied to the politics of the place, too). edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31978527 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31978527 This comment explains what I'm trying to say quite well.