Greentown is no Mayberry, but it's close

Greentown is a dump. A tidepool where people with tiny minds flourish and those with a true sense of awareness of the world and intelligence leave. It is more political than anywhere I have ever known as you are an outsider unless it is where your great grandparents are from or you have some other such connection. As an outsider you are held back and held down by tiny minds that run the place. I only ever arrived at a true sense of this when I "escaped" to college and beyond.
I, for one, will never return to that hole in the ground that I climbed out of so many years ago.
For all of the bright youngsters that sense what I have written is true, my advice to you is thus,-- Run like the wind!!

I moved to Greentown 5 years ago, and I have experienced the things that you are talking about. But, I also believe that you can overcome that. My heart is and will be in this little town that has so much to offer. And when you leave,as I did, you really can appreciate the people and the town and the blessing that God has put on it.

Wow...I waited my whole young life to leave this place as well, but once I did, I realized that it wasn't the hell that I thought. Yes, ignorant people live there, as they do everywhere. But I have run across much "worse" people in other areas. I have lived in three different countries now (aside from the U.S.), and I have found that some of the things I found charming in those places also exist in G-town. Some of the things I despise in G-town exist in all of those other places. As for everything, you have to find your own way. I could never live there again, but it has more to do with size and lack of cultural activities, etc, than with the people. I don't think there are many places in the midwest that I would live, in fact. This is all for the reasons previously mentioned. You'll find that, wherever you go, there will be obstacles, you just have to be big enough to overcome them. Sometimes its the place, sometimes it is one unwillingness to get on in that place. When I first left, I had the attitude where I would look back and look down on the place and the people there, but I realized that that just made me a smaller person and just like the people that I despised.

Greentown is indeed very political. I don't know of a place that isn't. I did not grow up here, but moved here almost 6 yrs ago. It is a fantastic place to raise children. They grow up with a sense of community and peace. Greentown is not a cultural mecca, but that is why we travel. Our children have been to other countries and almost half of the states. They love to go, but also love to return. You can live or go anywhere & it's always about who you know or who you are. Hollywood is a classic example of that. One of the best parts of Greentown is that the schools are still intimate. The class sizes are small & the teachers cater to each child. The elementary school is nationally accredited. I love it here & appreciate the simplicity of it all. Life is chaotic enough.

Greentown is full of idiots!! there is a FEW good ppl there but the rest are losers i know i use to be there all the time!!

you have got to be kidding me,,greentown is a city where big fish in a small pond can feel good about themselves. yes,just like most smaller cities..however,greentown is special in the fact that its residents get to live on streets called uncle tom, and so forth, mayberry i dont think so, the time machine maybe, greentown has the mentality of a small georgia town in the 60's..

strawberry shortcake wrote:

you have got to be kidding me,,greentown is a city where big fish in a small pond can feel good about themselves. yes,just like most smaller cities..however,greentown is special in the fact that its residents get to live on streets called uncle tom, and so forth, mayberry i dont think so, the time machine maybe, greentown has the mentality of a small georgia town in the 60's..

I know that place is jacked up i know someone who lives right acroos from the place the cop cars fill up. on uncle tom street. that blew me away when i first saw it.and most definantly no mayberry tooo many stupid ppl for that!!