Hmmmm, well. . . .I live in a small town, just the other side of Lake Superior, along the edge of lake Michigan. You can reach every corner of this town, on foot, in about 3 hours, and from one side to the other is less than an hour. There are corner stores dotted here and there, and deer regularly wander through town. We get skunks too. Because it's a hunting town a lot of places in town have animals mounted on the walls, even in stores and restaurants. There are the same number of bars in town as there are churches, and there are at least 2 dozen churches. The people are generally nice, if a bit stupid an illiterate, and while I don't go to them myself, the bars are apparently a fun place to meet all these lovely townspeople.
Up here in the UP we have trashcan vegetables at weddings, our forests are smallish but pretty, and the fishing is the best around. Stand at the right spot on the lake's edge and you can see three different towns at once across the water. The sunrises are pink and purple mostly, the dirt is mostly sand in most places, and gardening isn't just a pass time, it's a way of life for a lot of people. Sometimes, when swimming around at the beach, if you're all alone and wearing goggles, sometimes you can come across big fish in the murky water, hidden in among the seaweed. They look like sea monsters, just waiting to snap your fingers off.
