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Just a Small-Town Boy

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May / June 2005
By Joseph Hart 
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Sure, there are moments when I miss my old friends, my old life. I miss the neighborhood bar where I used to take my work to drink and think, where I was a familiar face, nothing more. Sometimes I even miss the smell of heat coming up from the sidewalk.

But I'll trade all that for life with this circle of near and dear -- for a bottle of country wine, a slice of Allison's cheesecake, a soak in Paul and Paula's hot tub, a sip of Bjorn's goat milk, and for all of us together, around my kitchen table, while our children play in the back yard.

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If you're thinking about a move to small-town America, the following resources are a good place to start:

Books

Moving to a Small Town: A Guidebook to Moving From Urban To Rural America (Simon & Schuster) by Wanda Urbanska and Frank Levering

Finding & Buying Your Place in the Country (Dearborn Trade) by Les Scher and Carol Scher

The 100 Best Small Art Towns in America (Avalon Travel) by John Villani

Almanac of the 50 States (Information Publications) edited by Edith R. Hornor

The Encyclopedia of Country Living (Sasquatch) by Carla Emery

Web Sites

Renewing the Countryside: Resources and links for making the leap to the country. www.renewingthecountryside.org

American FactFinder: Fast access to census data about small towns. www.factfinder.census.gov

Realtor.com: Online searching of MLS listings for a snapshot of home prices. www.realtor.com

Green People: Listings of food co-ops, community-supported agriculture arrangements, farmers' markets, etc. www.greenpeople.org

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