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<blockquote data-quote="Sunseeker" data-source="post: 7275482"><p>As someone who lived in small towns for about half my life this is very true.</p><p></p><p>Everyone knows everyone. Even the kooky old guy who lives in the little cabin 20 miles from town up the mountain. And we don't just "know" them in the casual sense of we're familiar with their face or their truck. We <em>know</em> them. We know where they live, we know who their mother, father and grandfather is, and in a very real sense, in <em>very</em> small towns most of the town is usually related to each other. New blood is rare. Small towns often have 2 or 3 "major" families that make up the bulk of the town, who are usually related. There's a couple of smaller families who make up the rest. So it's not even that you would be theoretically stealing from a guy who knows your face, you're stealing from someone who is possibly your aunt or uncle. </p><p></p><p>On top of that, it's not just that was know who you're related to, we know where you work. We know your extended family lives in OtherTown down the river. We know a lot about pretty much any given member of society because we all work together, eat together, sleep together (both Biblically and metaphorically) and attend the same house of worship together.</p><p></p><p>People who live-in-town certainly DO commit crimes against each other, but usually as a result of drunken idiocy, youthful arrogance or long-time grudges. These are not master criminals with well-thought-out plots of how to steal the money and run off to CityVille and make a new life for themselves. In all of those cases, everyone knows exactly who is responsible. There's no "whodunnit" element. And to be honest, most of the "crimes" in small towns are social ones, not to put too fine a point on it, but I'm talking about sex. Married person gets drunk and sleeps around. Young punk things they know better and knocks up the Pastor's daughter. Larry hates Moe so he sleeps with Moe's best friend Curly.</p><p></p><p>In fact, a small town (even IRL) could probably tell you about the last time someone actually got killed in their town. Small towns don't have much (or get much) in the way of news, but oh boy do they have gossip!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sunseeker, post: 7275482"] As someone who lived in small towns for about half my life this is very true. Everyone knows everyone. Even the kooky old guy who lives in the little cabin 20 miles from town up the mountain. And we don't just "know" them in the casual sense of we're familiar with their face or their truck. We [I]know[/I] them. We know where they live, we know who their mother, father and grandfather is, and in a very real sense, in [I]very[/I] small towns most of the town is usually related to each other. New blood is rare. Small towns often have 2 or 3 "major" families that make up the bulk of the town, who are usually related. There's a couple of smaller families who make up the rest. So it's not even that you would be theoretically stealing from a guy who knows your face, you're stealing from someone who is possibly your aunt or uncle. On top of that, it's not just that was know who you're related to, we know where you work. We know your extended family lives in OtherTown down the river. We know a lot about pretty much any given member of society because we all work together, eat together, sleep together (both Biblically and metaphorically) and attend the same house of worship together. People who live-in-town certainly DO commit crimes against each other, but usually as a result of drunken idiocy, youthful arrogance or long-time grudges. These are not master criminals with well-thought-out plots of how to steal the money and run off to CityVille and make a new life for themselves. In all of those cases, everyone knows exactly who is responsible. There's no "whodunnit" element. And to be honest, most of the "crimes" in small towns are social ones, not to put too fine a point on it, but I'm talking about sex. Married person gets drunk and sleeps around. Young punk things they know better and knocks up the Pastor's daughter. Larry hates Moe so he sleeps with Moe's best friend Curly. In fact, a small town (even IRL) could probably tell you about the last time someone actually got killed in their town. Small towns don't have much (or get much) in the way of news, but oh boy do they have gossip! [/QUOTE]
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