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All the growth we've experienced in the past few years got me thinking - are we losing that small-town feeling?

Then I thought, what is a small-town feeling? Is it knowing your neighbor, their parents, and children/grandchildren? Is it patronizing the family run stores in the downtown? Is it having only one or two main business streets? Is it everyone showing up for high school sports events?

How would you describe the small-town feeling and how would you know when it's there, or when its gone? Should we, or can we preserve a feeling?


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I can remember this town....not that long ago, being a "small town". We have really changed over the last 15 years or so. You used to walk into Radermachers or Pekarna's Meat Market, or Trimart Gas Station and know everyone that was in the store. Now when you walk into Radermachers your lucky if you know 10% of the customers that are in there at any given time.

Growth is good, and growth is bad. I heard this past week that within the next 20 years the City of Prior Lake city limits will be at Pueblo Ave, which is about 2 miles outside of Jordan on 282.

I guess if you want a "small town" anymore you have to move outside the Metro Area.....a long ways outside.


Submitted by Jason Allen on April 18, 2007 - 11:24am.

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