Little towns (Read 735 times)

Hi all, I am currently visiting my brother and his fiancee in a tiny, tiny town - it only has about 15-20,000 people, max! It is so cute! And a great place to be based for a much needed week of doing nothing and catching up on relaxing! All the stores close around 6:00 and are all closed on Sunday. Having lived in larger towns for most of my life, I am used to supermarkets which are open until at least 9 or 10, if not 24/7, not to mention most other stores (like clothing and whatnot) being open on Sunday. (Except Nashville - only malls are open on Sunday, and I find that weird and inconvenient!) My question: where you live or have visited, what hours and days are things open? Is this required by law? What about other countries you have visited? And how do you get groceries if you work during the week???

I've lived all over the states (mainland and off mainland) and Panama. Never had problems getting groceries cause my job was taking care of my kids at home. Guess if I worked out of the home during the week I'd do my grocery shopping on Saturday.

15-20k is tiny? Hmmm...I live in a town with 2k and grew up in a town with less than 500 people, so it's all relative, I guess! Most things are closed Sundays around here. Part of that is due to the county south of us--they are even dry on Sundays, which I think is utterly ridiculous. The bigger stores and chains are all open 7 days/week, so it's never an issue buying groceries. I love Meijer--open 24/7! k

dry county resident! It really feels weird if we go out to eat on a sunday in a different county...i feel like just by even contemplating the drink menu, the 5-0 are gonna come out and bust my arse! The only time i ever really noticed an issue when it came to shopping was when i used to work 3rd shift.....since i would generally attempt to sleep right after work, by the time i would be up and ready to start my day, most everything was already closed.

I grew up just outside of Reading, PA. There was a time when sores were open on Sundays 12-5 only. The grocery store had longer hours, I think, but we generally did grocery shopping on Saturday, so it was a non-issue. Generally, unless the store was in the mall, it was closed relatively early. I lived in State College, PA, as well, and except for restaurants, bars, and convenience stores, downtown was shut down after about 6. I spent 6 months in Germany. Lemme tell ya, there ain't much shopping, or much of anything, on Sundays. Most stores close relatively early, and are not open on Sunday. In the big cities that can be different, though.

Wait a minute. There are dry counties in Michigan? I take back that thread where I said that zoom-zoom couldn't refer to area residents as rednecks...

yep, Ottawa for sure is one....there's got to be a couple others too, i would imagine. Ottawa goes dry from 2am sunday morning until 7am on monday- you can't buy alcohol in the stores, although you can order a drink in a restaurant (not all beverages though...i think hard stuff is okay, but beer/wine is not?). Also, the city of Zeeland was totally dry- you couldn't purchase the good stuff at all, regardless of the day. However, that law was overturned in last November's election (i think it is still being contested though....the Dutch aren't very receptive to all things drinking, i guess!). Looking forward to the day when the liquor flows freely through that town...i want to be first in line to help "sully" their pristine reputation! lol

15-20k is tiny? Hmmm...I live in a town with 2k and grew up in a town with less than 500 people, so it's all relative, I guess!

Given that they are coming from Boston/NYC, and I live in what I consider to be a really small city/large town, yeah, 20K is tiny! The town is right out of a story-book, sitting on a gorgeous lake overlooking mountains, cobble-stone roads built into the hills, kids riding bikes, younger kids eating ice cream or riding in strollers, and complete with Train Station Avenue, Main Square, Main Avenue, Lake-Front Avenue, School Street, etc. I think they are the only people to lock their apartment and car. (Oh, and most people dont have cars because the train is really convenient!) Everything is closed on Sunday except restaurants - even gas stations and big supermarkets. (Except the supermarket in the near-by medium-sized city at the train station.) There arent any big shopping centers in the town (I doubt there is a mall around!), but all the stores keep the same hours - close at 6 PM Mon-Weds, open "late" until 7 PM on Thursday - thats in the city, they all close an hour earlier in the town. They spend Sat morning grocery shopping. I would go nuts since I always do my shopping in the evenings (around 8 or 9 at night), though sometimes I break down and go on a Sunday afternoon. I guess when I am next planning to move, I need to check the supermarket hours. And also wake up to the fact that not every city has a 24-hour grocery store! :-)

Yeah, Lewistown is part of Pennsyl-tucky. Hey, if anyone wants to move to a more populated area, I'm selling my house.....Lovely twin.

My 5 year old twins wrote an email to Chik-Fi-A to find out why they weren't open on Sunday and to request that they start opening on Sunday lol.