29-03-2025
Older Folks Are Sharing Their 'Small Town Stories' And Some Of These Are Spot On
Recently, u/PrestonRoad90 asked r/AskOldPeople, "Those from a small town, what was the most small town thing your town ever did?" And we thought we'd share some of the best responses.
1. "I went to visit a friend in Ridgecrest CA back in the '70s. One night for dinner they packed up folding chairs and a cooler. We went to the main crossroads in town. Half the town was there. Turned out they had gotten their first traffic light, and it was turned on that night. We all drank beer and watched the lights change for hours."
– TeamKitsune
3. "Cruising Main Street in a tiny downtown area. Basically driving back and forth for hours on weekends."
– Delightful_day53
4. "I painted my best friend's horse purple for Halloween; it was a pale buckskin mare. She thought it was funny... Her dad not so much. He called the sheriff and he came out to speak with me and my uncle (family foster)."
– prpslydistracted
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6. "When I was younger the courts would accept thanksgiving meat and side donations in lieu of cash fines. $25? You could pay a turkey instead. Or pay stuffing and pie. The food went to shelters, etc."
– Overall_Lobster823
7. "My oldest brother's graduating class was him and two other students."
– boringlesbian
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9. "Hit a hay bale with a Chevy Nova going 30 mph. Them Duke boys are full of shit. You can't drive through a hay bale. That car was messed up."
– No-Orchid-53
10. "Our homecoming parade went down Main St, turned around at the old folks home and then went back down Main St. in the opposite direction."
– Academic_Ad_8229
11. "My town would put a junker on the ice of Parker's Pond, and then the whole town would bet on the date it would fall through ice, and the winner would take the pot. It was a thing that was run by the local radio station WLDY."
– donac
12. "Rural students in grades four to eight were allowed to miss the first and last month of the school year so the kids could help with planting and harvesting crops. Town kids always resented them. Rural kids also got snow days but the town kids would still have to fight the snow drifts and go to school."
– PeaceOut70
13. "Grandfather was a small town doctor. He took livestock as payment fairly regularly."
– Animalhitman50
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14. "They tried to have a Christmas parade but it was just two tractors and the fire truck and five people came."
– AnastasiaNo70
15. "We did a beach day! They brought in loads on sand and covered a small side street with it. There was a dunking booth and they brought in the Pepsi taste test folks. It was a ton of fun!"
– SunnySamantha
16. "Once a bird pooped on a woman's window and it looked like Jesus. A photo of the Jesus poop with the woman standing beside it was on the front page of the town's newspaper."
– Meduxnekeag
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17. "I went to visit a friend in La Belle, Fl in the '80s for the yearly swamp cabbage festival. It was the first time I experienced an entire town drunk at the same time. It was a helluva fun time, but I definitely don't recommend anyone visiting – not much else to do."
– Turbulent-Watch2306
