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I'm all about small towns. I think it's a great place to grow up.

I feel like, big city or small town, you can relate to following your parents' footsteps or putting your own dreams on the back burner or vices that we get caught up in - that whole cycle. That's not just a small-town thing. That's a life thing.

There are things about growing up in a small town that you can't necessarily quantify.

Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.

I think there are people who really love the comfort of their small town, and there are people who feel stuck by it.

I grew up in a small town that was absolutely a perfect embodiment of new urbanism.

I'm a small-town girl, and it'll never be beaten out of me.

A small town is a place where there's no place to go where you shouldn't.

But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.

Growing up as a city kid is a joyous time!