You can say a lot of good things and bad things about living in a small town, and about living in this particular small town, but the local school marched with joy in the Pride parade today and, goddamn, I am proud.
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That makes me happy. The painting over of the Pulse crosswalk has had me thinking over and over about a friend from a small town in SC. His 19 year old brother was killed at Pulse. The town refused to let him be buried in the city cemetery. A small church his family did not belong to offered theirs.
aug 31, 2025, 2:34 pm • 3 0 • view
When the body was flown home people from all over the town stood along the road from the little airfield to the church, cars pulled over and people got out. The family was very touched
aug 31, 2025, 2:36 pm • 8 0 • view
You keep telling me it's a hard place to live, and then showing me it's an excellent place to live.
aug 31, 2025, 4:30 pm • 4 0 • view
I am completely sure that it is a very hard place to live, and that I could never. I‘m still hoping to visit someday, but living there? I gave up on living in Tromsø after not even three years, and Tromsø is by all means the absolute easiest sandbox mode of living in the arctic.
aug 31, 2025, 6:48 pm • 1 0 • view
I still kinda think I will end up there one day, or at least there is a distinct checklist of things that would make it the best option, not which are necessarily my favorite choices of outcomes, but possible enough to plan towards
aug 31, 2025, 6:54 pm • 0 0 • view
It is both of those things. It's challenging and hostile and expensive and also wonderful and incredible and fucking magical.
aug 31, 2025, 4:31 pm • 8 0 • view
I grew up in a small town and this is a great description. I miss it but also tend to forget the bad stuff. 🤣
aug 31, 2025, 5:52 pm • 0 0 • view
For every good one there are 20 Edinburg, VA’s
aug 31, 2025, 4:47 pm • 0 0 • view
👏 yay..good job. Sounds like a wonderful place
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