population: 1,200
Perris' high school graduating class included 52 students. His town's population: 1,200. I have only been to this town once since married, but a few weekends ago we headed up for the second time to attend Perris's 10 year high school reunion. I couldn't help but be in awe and amazement as we drove in--it is a very small town. It is so foreign to me! I pointed to each house on the stretch into city center and asked, "Who lives there?" "Who's lives there?"
Of those 52 students, 8 showed up (which, if my math is correct, that is like of my graduating class of 600, 92 returning for the reunion). I listened to them all talk and answered their questions about polygamy in Utah (reality TV is confusing America.). The best part is when they started making fun of a guy who, when Perris asked him if he bikes, said there weren't many trails around. "Oh, because you couldn't just bike on the gravel!" they said. "You are SUCH a townie!" "TOWNKID!!" Haha, yes they were full-on mocking him. Then they continued explaining how you'd know if you were a town kid: "Your chore is to feed the dog? That's not a chore!" It was all incredibly amusing. Then many of them, in talking to us, said "I could never do that!" in reference to living in the suburbs, basically. (I will refrain from sharing the details of the inappropriate t-shirts a group of women were wearing that walked into the golf club where we had the reunion. My jaw dropped that they would wear that in public.)
I'd just like to say I highly value my upbringing of frequently moving, living in places of varying sizes + locations, and meeting varying types of people. It sure is fun to see how other people live, though. Like when we walked up to my father in law's house and saw some bass string lights on his front porch. This is the beauty of the midwest.
We are enjoying exploring this place and opening our minds to different ways of living, that is for dang sure.
Of those 52 students, 8 showed up (which, if my math is correct, that is like of my graduating class of 600, 92 returning for the reunion). I listened to them all talk and answered their questions about polygamy in Utah (reality TV is confusing America.). The best part is when they started making fun of a guy who, when Perris asked him if he bikes, said there weren't many trails around. "Oh, because you couldn't just bike on the gravel!" they said. "You are SUCH a townie!" "TOWNKID!!" Haha, yes they were full-on mocking him. Then they continued explaining how you'd know if you were a town kid: "Your chore is to feed the dog? That's not a chore!" It was all incredibly amusing. Then many of them, in talking to us, said "I could never do that!" in reference to living in the suburbs, basically. (I will refrain from sharing the details of the inappropriate t-shirts a group of women were wearing that walked into the golf club where we had the reunion. My jaw dropped that they would wear that in public.)
I'd just like to say I highly value my upbringing of frequently moving, living in places of varying sizes + locations, and meeting varying types of people. It sure is fun to see how other people live, though. Like when we walked up to my father in law's house and saw some bass string lights on his front porch. This is the beauty of the midwest.
There are also restaurants in the middle of nowhere with amusing names, like this one:
Yes, the name is really What the Heck. (Logo is naked man in barrel! haha) Too good!
We are enjoying exploring this place and opening our minds to different ways of living, that is for dang sure.
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