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    I live in a very small town in the country, population 2253, in Connecticut.

    LOTS of woods around me that's for sure!

    However, I'm pretty close to "civilization" Wally World is five minutes away, nearest decent size town of 20,000 is ten minutes away, Hartford is only 45 minutes away.

    It's the best of both worlds.
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    Connecticut, whow way up there! Cool, man. I'm down here in Texas.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cls515
    Connecticut, whow way up there! Cool, man. I'm down here in Texas.
    OK, aside from the occasional sumac, the only trees that turn in the Fall in all of Texas are the Lost Maples in the Bandera area of the Hill Country, McKittrick Canyon in Guadalupe Nat'l Park that straddles the NM state line (also maples), and a few scattered more maples in the Chisos down at Big Bend. Otherwise, Texas does not have Fall colors to speak of. Where do you live csl515?
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    Knebworth (pop 4433) is a small town kind of in the countryside, 5 minute walk from my door and I am in the fields and woods.
    I thought it was a tampon joke!

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    I live in a small town of about 5,000 people. We do not have any stop lights, just one main 3-way stop sign in the middle of town. The closest "city" is Lake Geneva that is about 20 min. I am halfway between Milwaukee and Chicago. Both take about 1 hour to get to.

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    I live in Rye New Hampshire. Seacoast area of the state. Rye, although a town, doesn't have a "down town" Most house lots are an acre or more and everything is still wood. Yeah the trees look nice but when you house is surrounded by a couple dozen full grown oaks raking the leaves gets old.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nhcigarfan
    I live in Rye New Hampshire. Seacoast area of the state. Rye, although a town, doesn't have a "down town" Most house lots are an acre or more and everything is still wood. Yeah the trees look nice but when you house is surrounded by a couple dozen full grown oaks raking the leaves gets old.
    I have one of those wonderfull leaf blowers, even chops up the leaves for compost.
    I thought it was a tampon joke!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonsey5484
    I live in a small town of about 5,000 people. We do not have any stop lights, just one main 3-way stop sign in the middle of town. The closest "city" is Lake Geneva that is about 20 min. I am halfway between Milwaukee and Chicago. Both take about 1 hour to get to.
    We hae ONE stoplight, but it blinks (and they added stopsigns because no one understands what a blinking red light means). Does that count? We used to have one light, but it was replaced with a highway.

    Quote Originally Posted by CoventryCat86
    I live in a very small town in the country, population 2253, in Connecticut.

    LOTS of woods around me that's for sure!
    Just not a lot of teeth.

    I was just up there for the Woodstock Fair last month... The midrifts amazed me. Everyone was either of Shamu proportions or had an incredible midrift. I was looking at cowboy hats and the single most amazing midrift I have ever seen walked by (it may have had a body attached to it, I couldn't tell you). All three of us (myself, a buddy of mine, and my gf) turned in unison.

    Quote Originally Posted by cls515
    Anyone here on this board from the country, or is everyone here from the city?
    I'm just from a small town.. Maybe 5000 people now that the yuppies are converging more than ever. It's a 9-by-1 mile island, so it's not so much "country" as it is "ocean". So looking at pretty trees changing color is less interesting to me than watching the waves crash over the rocks.

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    We are rapidly becoming overpopulated by the Illinois people. All the rich yuppies come up from Chicago and buy up the small cottages that are on the lake and build big summer homes. It has gotten so out of control that even a small run down 2 bedroom cottage that was built in the early 1900's goes for about $500,000. It is ridiculous.

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    I live in the east TX Piney Woods. True, most of the time it is green here. However, there are lots of trees changing colors, too. I live in Palestine, close to Tyler, TX. I have been to the Chisos mountains in west TX. Great place to visit. I have family living over there in a place called Terlingua, population of about 20 or so.

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