For example:
1. We have absolutely no yard, which means we have to walk the dog along the street and hope he poops in the devil's strip.
2. We have no parking, we parallel park on the street (only a problem when the Senior Center is hopping).
3. We walk to the post office, the drug store, the bakery, the bank, the park. We could walk to the bar, the dentist, the doctor, the chiropractor, and the funeral home if we wanted.
4. We live across the street from a "Jewelry Store" where you can hock your gold.
5. There is a second store that will buy your gold on the adjacent street.
6. We hear sirens at all times of the day (the volunteer firefighters are signaled by what I would call a tornado siren. It doesn't usually go off more than once a day, but it does go off in the middle of the night, frequently).
7. We have a gang of pre-teen skateboard/bike riding hooligans making a ruckus every afternoon.
8. They're debating putting a methadone clinic in town (no joke!).
Of course, the biggest difference is that we have no choices available to us in-town. There is ONE bakery, bank, pizza shop, chinese take-out. Basically, you take what you get, or you drive 10 minutes to get something else.
Oh, and there's this:
Also, I hope to do a better job updating!!
