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Understanding the rural lifestyle … and living it

Apr 27, 2009
Apr 27, 2009

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I have a friend who lives in a city. She doesn't understand a rural lifestyle or the small town atmosphere at all. She asked me recently what it was like to live in a rural area and this is what I told her.

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