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Originally Posted by Grumpy old man
Everyone here waves ! This is country we all use the same gas stations / grocery stores / post office We notice a strange car or truck and we keep an eye out for our neighbors and their property . It's just like Mayberry complete down to our local Barney Fife constable ! If someones kid gets out of line it's not uncommon for another parent to call or stop by their house  |
I think you, and other replies describe our country. We're rural, small town too. It's just habit for us to wave whether we're home or traveling.
We've had friends and relatives to visit here, and ask, "Does everyone know everyone here and everywhere they go?".
Most here will stop and offer a helping hand if you need it, too.
We seldom lock our house, or pull the keys from the vehicles, unless we're going to be gone for a few days. Then the neighbors all know where we keep them in case they need in or use a vehicle.
We like our small town, and quiet, isolated living 12 miles from it. Our kids could get mad at us, run away all day, and we could still see them from the house.
We think it's a great way of life, since we've never known anything different and think it's was a good place to raise a family. Especially when we see on tv, or read the paper and see all the things that go on in the "big cities".