The party has ballooned - 8,000 to 10,000 people are expected this October - but the small-town feel remains.

Some critics say that the expansion negatively altered the original, small-town feel of The Village.

He was fortunate, then, to be drafted by a team with more of a small-town feel than some major league cities.

"You have a very small-town feel, yet you're so close to the city."

"I think it's worth it," he said, citing the small classes and the "small-town feel" of the campus.

The small-town feel was a comfortable one and the Guzmans persuaded three more brothers to join them here.

Mayor Byron Brown, a native of Queens, also said the city's small-town feel drew him in.

A small-town feel abounds with no traffic control signals or stop lights.

Still, he acknowledged that "the small-town feel has dissipated."

The seating capacity is small compared to most other theaters, but serves to give the Palm Theatre a more small-town feel.