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MissMillie

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2. I still live in the small town I was raised in

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Sun Jul 23, 2023, 11:46 AM

Jul 2023

I'd trade in the gun store for a bank and/or a grocery store any day of the week.

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Hey Aldean, I was raised in a small town. Let me tell ya' 'bout it . . . [View all] AndyS Jul 2023 OP

👇👇👇👁️👁️ Goonch Jul 2023 #1

I still live in the small town I was raised in MissMillie Jul 2023 #2

Greatest Page for your illuminating post, Andy! nt CaliforniaPeggy Jul 2023 #3

This is powerful, Andy. Thank you. yardwork Jul 2023 #4

I heard about Biden's bill that will put WIFI in places that can't get it now. Maraya1969 Jul 2023 #5

I have free internet True Blue American Jul 2023 #72

Wow. My internet costs over $100/month. And I don't halve cable Maraya1969 Jul 2023 #76

Small town USA Johnny2X2X Jul 2023 #6

I moved around but lived in a lot of very small towns relayerbob Jul 2023 #7

I was raised in a small town, as well. griffi94 Jul 2023 #8

wow prodigitalson Jul 2023 #47

I weep when I visit the small central Ohio town where I went to school and hung out. I was sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #9

I've got a question; A HERETIC I AM Jul 2023 #42

I really can't give you an informed answer. I haven't lived in Ohio since 1977 and just go sinkingfeeling Jul 2023 #54

I'll tell you what happened to many of these small towns. Glaisne Jul 2023 #66

Wheelersburg here True Blue American Jul 2023 #73

K & R and thank you. mountain grammy Jul 2023 #10

Sounds like you and I have the same brother.... lastlib Jul 2023 #11

It's like being the Marilyn of the Munsters SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #58

Also raised in a small town ... in the mountains of Northern Colorado. And YUP! AnrothElf Jul 2023 #12

My parents moved me to a tiny CO coal minin' town lambchopp59 Jul 2023 #19

Jesus Bleedin' Christ!! A HERETIC I AM Jul 2023 #43

No apology necessary lambchopp59 Jul 2023 #60

... Aristus Jul 2023 #53

Thank you. That was a good summation of the problem of these people. erronis Jul 2023 #20

True, not all small town white people. AnrothElf Jul 2023 #32

yeah, I too was raised by anti-racist southern white parents prodigitalson Jul 2023 #48

YyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuP AnrothElf Jul 2023 #49

Small towns are parochial. and tribal pirsquared Jul 2023 #23

My in-laws are from a small town in central Illinois that's listed in Wikipedia when you look up ... Hassin Bin Sober Jul 2023 #13

I've read Delphinus Jul 2023 #14

It sort of explains the fear many white people have about becoming a minority. rubbersole Jul 2023 #18

There are far more decent people living in small towns than these noisy/nasty haters. erronis Jul 2023 #21

Small towns are hit and miss when it comes to "small town values" haele Jul 2023 #26

I would put a fine point to this Cosmocat Jul 2023 #70

Big city girl here. Born and raised. And I like it. calimary Jul 2023 #38

One thing I've learned about living in a small town -- it's a place where you can MAKE A DIFFERENCE! 70sEraVet Jul 2023 #64

I was raised in a small town of 115 people in the Catskills. I have no idea what Redneck Moron is AZLD4Candidate Jul 2023 #15

I lived in a small city (Victoria ,Texas) growing up. cannabis_flower Jul 2023 #16

there are good and bad people everywhere Kali Jul 2023 #17

Similarly, "not all cops are bad" LuvLoogie Jul 2023 #22

I have struggled for a lot of my life to find some way to AndyS Jul 2023 #29

"Willful ignorance" They may not be stupid but they don't want to change. Well said. erronis Jul 2023 #37

The song is being used as an excuse to exercise cultural bigotry Sympthsical Jul 2023 #57

Nothing against small towns Ohioboy Jul 2023 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author Ohioboy Jul 2023 #25

Remember the guy in CO Springs who took down the shooter at the drag club event librechik Jul 2023 #27

The Myth of Mayberry: Straw Man Jul 2023 #28

What bothers me most about this song tiredtoo Jul 2023 #30

+1 just read the lyrics treestar Jul 2023 #41

Bugbears seem very real when you're in the Conservative Media bubble. maxsolomon Jul 2023 #75

I guess my town isn't as small as I thought DLCWIdem Jul 2023 #31

You said two things; WI as in not deep south and Liberal arts university. AndyS Jul 2023 #33

Any days of those innocent, fresh faced white kids Warpy Jul 2023 #34

+1 treestar Jul 2023 #40

You've nicely written about the real reality - not the T.V. stereotypes. I think I see a mini-series erronis Jul 2023 #44

Heh, a lot of people think I missed my true calling Warpy Jul 2023 #45

I hear the Hallmark Channel is looking for writers . . . . hatrack Jul 2023 #55

Yep, Glaisne Jul 2023 #67

I have lived in big cities all my life. Demobrat Jul 2023 #35

Oh Demobrat, I understand exactly what you say. AndyS Jul 2023 #56

If you had grown up in a place where everyone knew everyone... OldBaldy1701E Jul 2023 #63

Whatever you do don't let Aldean see this Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2023 #36

love it. n/t area51 Jul 2023 #65

the upside of everyone knows everyone else treestar Jul 2023 #39

Emmett Till visited the small town of Drew Mississippi in August of 1955, and never made it home LetMyPeopleVote Jul 2023 #46

Small towns are small because no one goes there. Initech Jul 2023 #50

I would visit those places in a hot second. Demobrat Jul 2023 #51

A relative of mine once explained small town life from a high school kid's perspective. hunter Jul 2023 #52

And that satellite internet... tosh Jul 2023 #59

Thanks Andy! Grumpy Old Guy Jul 2023 #61

Sounds like the town I grew up in... Trueblue Texan Jul 2023 #62

So you must be one of the younger ones on here having Internet as a kid Snooper9 Jul 2023 #68

Small Towns Renaissance Man Jul 2023 #69

I spent a bunch of years in small towns ExWhoDoesntCare Jul 2023 #71

There is a reason big cities have thriving LGBT communities DBoon Jul 2023 #74

I got a chuckle out of you saying your "small" town had a population of 8,000. llmart Jul 2023 #77