Small Town Charm

Many times people say that small towns have charm but I don't feel that this saying really can apply to small towns. All of my life I have alway said that I didn't like living in Owensboro because it was a small town. I always asked my mom if we could move to Chicago or New York City. I told her that I would even settle for Louisville. This weekend I learned to appreciate the great city of Owensboro, KY. I went and visited my grandparents in Princenton, KY. You are probably wondering where Princenton, KY is. That is just one example of how small this town is because hardly anyone knows what it is or where it is. I have always complained because Owensboro has no where to shop and the mall has hardly any good stores. I learned that I was very fortunate to have Towne Square Mall because Princenton, KY does not have a mall. The largest store in Princenton KY is a new Wal-mart. I don't see how a town with no mall and no where to go but Wal-mart could have any charm. Teenagers also complain about Owensboro having nothing to do but no longer will I complain because in Princenton all they have is a movie theater that has only one screen. I also learned in a small town that everybody knows everybody's buisness. When we were walking downtown people would stop and talk to my grandparents who live in Princenton. These were people that I had never met before but they knew my name. I am not going to lie but it was kind of freaky. I don't think that I would like everbody in the whole town always knowing what I am doing. I did see a few advantages to living in a small town. Their downtown may have been smaller than Owensboro's but Princenton has more stores downtown than Owensboro. It was kind of nice to be able to walk downtown from store to store. I would have to say that that was the only advantage. I am glad that I got to go to Princenton though becoause it made me really appreciate Owensboro. Even though Owensboro is not that large of a city I now know that it could always be worse.