Interesting quote that I have heard many times - hope you don't mind if I put my spin on it. "I miss home, But I know that I could never go back to a small town and live again. Not after all the years in the big cities." --- HA! Never say never. I retired from the real estate business "in the big city". A goodly portion of my business was selling retirees 'city' house, so they could go back 'home' to live in retirement. Incidentally, the city house generally sold for about twice what the house back home was bought for. And as to the question, "Aren't you going to miss the theater, stage shows, - all the things to do in the city?" - - - the reply usually was, "We never did that stuff, even though it was available. No, if we see something special going on, it'll be a nice treat to drive in to town." Memphis, where I moved from, has a brand new multi-million dollar library and it is great - but with the Internet, the Blytheville Library connects me to the same information. You can't live in a 'small' town that doesn't have a "WallyWorld" - WalMart to those of you who aren't 'with it'. And if you can't find it at WalMart, you don't need it, anyway. Talk with almost any one just out of school, and they will tell you that they can't wait to get 'out of this town'. Ten years later, if they had any roots back home at all, they are wishing that they could live back home - if there was just a job. After 40 years of toil in the big city, that pension will go a lot further 'back home'. After 40 years your children AND grandchildren are grown. Less crime. Less traffic. Less of everything, but peace and slow. There is a lot to say for 'Peace and Slow.'