of small towns and cities
September 27th, 2007
I’ve been saying for years that Buffalo is a big small town, and most people who live here know what I mean. Living in a small town or small city has its advantages and its challenges. A wise man once told me that he tries to live by the phrase “as soon as I dump on someone, I need them”.
Today, I saw my friend at work, and I said Hey, I haven’t seen you in a while, how’ve you been? And he said he’s fine, and that he saw me yesterday. Okay, where, I asked, and he told me the story of how his friend was tailgating me down the street, and he told his friend to stop driving so badly.
And I thought of a saying that I think applies, similar to what my mentor said to me 15 years ago. This is my wisdom for you, fellow small town and small city residents:
“You can only insult so many strangers in a small town.”
Feel free to quote me on that. (Oh, and it might also apply to the blogger get-together post I wrote the other day, but maybe it doesn’t, I don’t know how far things have gone in that arena.)
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