1. You run into people you know everywhere you go.
2. All the radio stations come in fuzzy because you're so far away from the big city.
3. You've stopped going to movies because the only movie theater worth going to is 1.5 hours away.
4. The entire commercial sector is built off of two roads.
5. It takes an hour to get to the mall...several towns over.
6. There are only 5 or 6 decent apartment complexes and when you say which one you live in, everyone instantly knows where it is.
7. Cell reception is bad everywhere and in certain parts of town it is nonexistent.
8. Every new restaurant that opens is impossible to get into without waiting an hour.
Ok so I realize that some of you may be laughing at me because you have lived in REALLY small towns and this is nothing...but having lived my whole life in one of the biggest cities in the country, this feels like small-town America to me. The lack of convenience can be annoying but it certainly has charm that Houston does not have. Now if only we could get a decent Tex Mex restaurant...
When I first graduated I lived alone at age 21 in a small town of 4000 people, Karnes City. There was a Dairy Queen,a restaurant,a small general store and not much else. Closest big city was San Antonio an hour away,about an hour and a half to a mall. Two hours to Austin,to the dotor. Robert married me and took me to Fort Worth,I must say I understand! I am a city girl! I do like things within a 30 minute drive!
ReplyDeleteYou may have to fix your own Tex Mex food! Sorry! We can have some when you come here!