Small Towns

A lot of people love living in a large city where they have things to do, or places to go

regardless of the time. I am part of the small town culture. I live in a small town called Wolcott.

Being part of the small town culture is very different from being part of the large city culture.

Living in a small town is slower paced than living in a large city, but I love it. My town

has only 15,000 people, compared to the larger cities that have over 100,000 people. Everyone

knows everyone, one way or another. In larger cities it is very hard to know everyone because of

the amount of people and the number of schools. There are only three elementary schools in our

town. This allows all the children to be in a small class, which enables more one on one learning.

There is also only one middle school and one high school in my town. This is great, because you

get to go to school with everyone from sixth grade to senior year no matter what part of the town

you live in. In larger cities, you only get to meet people that live in your area. Most bigger cities

have assigned districts, depending on what part of city you live in. In Wolcott, I was able to go

from sixth grade to senior year with the same students.

In my small town, we do not have any drive-thru restaurants, large supermarkets, or large

malls. This is because small towns believe in family owned business and spending time together

at a restaurant. Large cities are overcome with all these establishments, and it seems that no

one ever just enjoys spending time with family. On Sunday's almost all of the businesses close

by 3 p.m. This has always been a tradition that allows everyone to spend time with their family

and not have to worry about working. Large cities usually don't close anything down on

Sunday's until after 6 p.m. On Sundays, the same people all join at the church on the green.

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Church is a big part of the towns atmosphere, and more than half the town routinely joins there.

There is only two catholic churches in Wolcott, rather than about a dozen in a big city. My small

town does a lot on the town green to encourage family gatherings. In the summer, we have bands

on the green every Sunday. In the winter, we have a large tree lighting ceremony with punch and

cookies and even Santa Clause. All the children and adults of the town love it. It's a a well

known tradition and most families include themselves every year.

Since my town is so small and almost everyone knows everyone, we do a lot for each

other. Not just in time