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It would depend entirely upon the specific town, the size just by itself would not be a determining factor
Things that would matter would be things like climate, natural beauty, cost of living, economy, culture (is it predominantly idiotic rednecks or no?), location / isolation level / proximity to bigger cities with actually beneficial amenities / quality healthcare ... and beyond the US, how easily would I be able to get by knowing only English or is the local language one I might be able to learn (I'd love to live in small towns / communes in southern Europe)
When you say small I was thinking under 10k, I wouldn't even necessarily think of 40k as super small ... one of my favorite towns on the northern California coast is under 8k, and fairly isolated but very beautiful and has a somewhat chilly but year-round climate that I love
Moreover, if you're in a small town that's a half hour or less from a big town, that's a lot different than living in one which is four hours from any useful city and necessitates signing up for things like emergency helicopter services to get to a real hospital
here's one nice example outside of the US ... this is Porto Santo Stefano, on the coast of Tuscany, the town is under 9k people, it's a 45 minute drive to a city with 82k people, a 2 hour drive to Rome, a 3 hour drive to Florence:
Things that would matter would be things like climate, natural beauty, cost of living, economy, culture (is it predominantly idiotic rednecks or no?), location / isolation level / proximity to bigger cities with actually beneficial amenities / quality healthcare ... and beyond the US, how easily would I be able to get by knowing only English or is the local language one I might be able to learn (I'd love to live in small towns / communes in southern Europe)
When you say small I was thinking under 10k, I wouldn't even necessarily think of 40k as super small ... one of my favorite towns on the northern California coast is under 8k, and fairly isolated but very beautiful and has a somewhat chilly but year-round climate that I love
Moreover, if you're in a small town that's a half hour or less from a big town, that's a lot different than living in one which is four hours from any useful city and necessitates signing up for things like emergency helicopter services to get to a real hospital
here's one nice example outside of the US ... this is Porto Santo Stefano, on the coast of Tuscany, the town is under 9k people, it's a 45 minute drive to a city with 82k people, a 2 hour drive to Rome, a 3 hour drive to Florence: