Taylor, Nebraska, pop. 180
I would guess I have been in a hundred small towns, give or take, all across the country. The Census Bureau designates any town of less than five thousand in population as a “small town”. It must be less than a thousand to meet my requirement as a small town.
The house at Fifth and Broadway just across from the Traveler’s Park where we are.
Yep, I could live there.
It is a bit bigger than I would really need.
The next block over was this that I thought smaller, but maybe not.
Another block over.
Maybe this will do.
They are just dreams.
This is why I could NOT live in Nebraska or anywhere of the Great Plains states.
But, if it were not for the winters, Taylor is where I would set roots.
I’m not ready to settle down anyway.
I like my life just the way it is.
The morning we left I dropped off a donation in the RV Park pay box. As I did I realized this is the only payment box I have ever come across that was made out of wood. All are always constructed of heavy gauge welded steel with a bolt cutter proof lock or a mail slot into a locked building.
Only in a small town like Taylor.
5 comments:
I like how everywhere in the US is called a town; that would hardly qualify as a village in the UK. I suppose it reflects the optimism of the early settlers who hoped that every small collection of houses would one day grow into a town. There's a certain amount of optimism about that payment box too - it has a padlock but it looks as though anyone with a screwdriver could be into it in a few seconds.
I used to look at houses and imagine living in them...don't know when I stopped doing so. A sweet little town but without a grocery store, nope, nada, no way!
That is small, nice houses though
Nope, to flat, need some hills or mountains. I live in Boulder Creek, CA. Two mom and pop grocery stores and one gas station, just perfect.
With 80 or so families, I wonder what it would be like to live in a town where everyone knows your name... Could be wonderful. Could be claustrophobic.
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