Either that or it's very associated with religion, which can range from pretty okay group of people, to complete 100% no compromise evangelicalism and or conservatism. Generally, the more rural you go the more towards the later it tends to be.
unless you are lucky enough to live somewhere that invests money in parks
The rural 'city' I live in does have some parks, but hardly anyone goes to them. However, considering how the older people who live here always seems to give me the vibe that they really hate anyone younger than 30 that isn't married and having kids. And also how religious this city "is", like you'd run out of fingers just counting the number of churches here. It doesn't surprise me one bit how little the parks are used.
Another "perk" of that attitude is that it also extends into how the police is ran here. To put it this way, the best case scenario i'd have when pulled over by a city police is that i'm getting searched for drugs no matter what just because i'm young and male. As the joke between family goes, it takes 3 cruisers to do a traffic stop, 1 to make the stop, 1 to bring the back-up, 1 to bring the K-9, and a 4th because that cop was bored that day.
edit: To expand a little bit here, the town got wrecked by 2008. However, it somehow stayed on life support only because about 20mi north of the city, there's a truck and air freight hub there. And where I live is Hillsboro OH, which is quite a depressing little town.
Either that or it's very associated with religion, which can range from pretty okay group of people, to complete 100% no compromise evangelicalism and or conservatism. Generally, the more rural you go the more towards the later it tends to be.
The rural 'city' I live in does have some parks, but hardly anyone goes to them. However, considering how the older people who live here always seems to give me the vibe that they really hate anyone younger than 30 that isn't married and having kids. And also how religious this city "is", like you'd run out of fingers just counting the number of churches here. It doesn't surprise me one bit how little the parks are used.
Another "perk" of that attitude is that it also extends into how the police is ran here. To put it this way, the best case scenario i'd have when pulled over by a city police is that i'm getting searched for drugs no matter what just because i'm young and male. As the joke between family goes, it takes 3 cruisers to do a traffic stop, 1 to make the stop, 1 to bring the back-up, 1 to bring the K-9, and a 4th because that cop was bored that day.
edit: To expand a little bit here, the town got wrecked by 2008. However, it somehow stayed on life support only because about 20mi north of the city, there's a truck and air freight hub there. And where I live is Hillsboro OH, which is quite a depressing little town.