Comments on: I wasn’t born in a small town, so it’s proablly not where they will bury me

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:43:57 +0000

I am the village idiot. the Villajet.

By: jonjon

jonjon — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:39:12 +0000

…Minneapolis aint so small.

cheers/

By: alliedchemical

alliedchemical — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:47:09 +0000

Oh its is a combination of the two, little Midwest. little street, little funkadelic.

As for those little hamlets, I think they are slowly fading from society, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing-it is after all evolution, but it does tend to make me wistful for a bygone era, that I never knew.

By: Kyle Stallock

Kyle Stallock — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:43:20 +0000

I think what you are looking for are midwestern “villages.” The types of places where people drive small tractors to the local bar to get a quick bump at 7, 8, 9, etc. The types of places where one is often surprised by the lack of horse and buggies as the main modes of transportation. The types of places where a graduating class is considered huge if it is in excess of 20. The type of place that I call home. It’s for those very reasons that I hated Grand Forks and Fargo with a passion even though they were the most common locations to “get away” as one might say. Get away? Hah, I disagree.

Btw, you said “whatchya.” Subtle Beastie Boys reference, or the real midwestern man in you coming out? Given the blog material, I’d like to think it’s the latter.