Sleepy Town

If I saw that commercial I would be a bit horrified. They took a little community that valued personal contact and face to face relationships and destroyed it. That's my first thought. Computers are a wonder and a mixed blessing--people are kept connected but personal face to face contact suffers. On the other hand, I can talk to people from all over the world because of the computer and that has broadened my horizons and my attitudes. I think we should get back to that 50's lifestyle while keeping our technology but I don't know how we could do it. We are becoming insulated in our virtual worlds and distancing ourselves from the real one.

I kind of like the idea of the sleepy town with lots of history and memories as well. The city that I live in is the fastest growing area in Australia and nothing lasts too many years before it is torn down and replaced with a more modern building. There is a lot of history in the city for its relatively young age, but most of that is stuck in photos these days because the roads have all widened, buildings have been replaced and so have the people. I went back to the small country town that I grew up in recently and the same old buildings are still there, just with more modern interiors and a lot of the same families are still there too. My parents are still there too in the same house that I grew up in!

I am pre-historic with you. I dont understand what was broken about the town that they had to fix. I am actually in the process of buying a large amount of acreage for the sole purpose of a sleepy home.

As you, p1ke, I find it comforting to stay in a place that feels right and where I belong which is why I'm happy where we are now. I used to be restless and always wanted to go somewhere in the middle of nowhere to relax. Not no more...guess I may be called a dinosaur as well?

I'm with you on this one. I lived in a village of about 800 people, and the only internet they had at the time was dial-up. Forget high speed cable tv. Everyone knew everyone else, there was one gas station/market and if you wanted to know what was going on with anyone, the owner had the scoop. After school kids did their homework and played outside. They hiked, built 'forts', rode their bikes and just plain had a great time. For the 6 years I lived there, I never once locked my house...and never felt unsafe. Now I live where there's probably 120,000 people, and that's before college is in session. No one know anyone, and the only time I see kids playing outside is when there is footall practice. If I want to talk to a friend I have to go online. I must be a dinosaur too, because I'd go back to my sleepy town in a heartbeat.

Then I must be a dinosaur too P1key because I love the "sleepy village" that I live in. I lived in big cities all of my life, like Los Angeles, (can't get much bigger than that!!), and I found as I got a bit older, (notice I Did say Bit Older!!), they just don't have the same attraction to me that they once did. If I want something that my "sleepy village" does not have to offer then I can Always get in the car and drive a little ways to the "Big City" to get it! Nope! Give me my quiet "sleepy village" with my stream outside my door and I am a happy woman indeed! ;) XXXX

A sleepy town sounds ideal. I need a place where there are memories and where I feel at home. Of course you already knew that.

I spent my teen years in a "sleepy town". It had its advantages and disadvantages. The artsy crowd from Toronto discovered it shortly after I left, and now it's not so sleepy... plus property prices quadrupled.

I grew up in a place like this. Everyone knew everyone else and half the families were actually related. Then after I had my baby, I moved to a place where I lived for 6 years and never even knew the first name of the person who lived right next door to me. Personally I liked that better. I'm more of a "keep to myself kind of person" so the less people who know me and my business the better off I feel. I have enough kids that I am always going to have a sense of belonging just being in my own home and that is good enough for me :-)

No, I'm a smilodon (smiley Dawn), ie a saber tooted tiger. :-)

I like the sleepy town i grew up in...i still live there. Theres not alot to do but everyone knows everyone and is willing to help out or be there if needed. I belong here. Theres people i care about here. I'm going to use this as an example of how small towns are great...Often if someone gets sick with say cancer or some other major disease..the town gets together and holds a benefit dance and the proceeds go to the family...My family actually was the beneficiary of one of those dances 12 years ago when my sister was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 9 months old. Yes health care is covered in canada...however the benefit dance covered things like...somewhere for my parents to stay 4 hrs from home..and that sort of thing. The whole town kinda banded together and made sure the other three of us were going to school and fed (my god the amount of food people dropped off!) and had rides to the city to see our parents and baby sister.

Yes, I'm longing to live in a sleepy town! I love myLot and certain other sites where I communicate with people, but the idea of a little friendly town or village where everyone knows one another sounds like a lovely comforting thing. Much as I like computers sometimes, there is part of me that feels that they're just wrong, and they shouldn't have been invented in the first place. I wasn't around in the 50's, but I long for that sense of community anyway!

Hi p1key, I am the same as you, once I'm settled in one place I don not want to move as I am happy and quite comfy whre I am thank you. Hugs. Tamara xxxx