The town I grew up in is made up of 3000 people. (Funny fact, for the last census, they had to count the prisoners at the local 'honor camp' so that the population wouldn't go down from the previous census, lol). We used to have two stoplights, but now only have one. The town is pretty western, being in Wyoming and all (well, duh, Sara. *pokes self*); we have a rodeo arena and a couple feed and tack stores. 4H and FFA are both really big. (I was in 4H for 10 years).
There's never anything to do, as there is nothing in the town. The theater gets movies in really, really late (sometimes as late as three months after the release). The library is decent, though.
The nearest big city is well over an hour and a half to two hours away. (hehe, we measure distance in time-to-get-there, rather than miles, where I'm from.)
The people are very opinionated in my home town. e.g. One of the churches went through two splits within 5 years. School, especially sports, was never any fun, as name politics are very big. Even fairly talented kids wouldn't get play time for team sports if they didn't have the right name. *shakes fist*
Claims to Fame (XD):
We have an oil refinery that had missiles targeting it in Russia during the Cold War, since it supplies jet fuel to the nearby air base, the largest in the mid-west (supposedly).
We had an infamous lynching back in 1903:
hanging of Diamond L. Slim.
:)
