Getting Ready to Settle Down But the transition back to small-town living had been a good one, friends and neighbors said.

He finds that small-town medicine may be attractive enough but small-town living can be a drawback.

"This is small-town living," she added, "and when you interact in the club, the movie theater, the coffee shop, over the years, you get to know everybody."

"It's all about small-town living," he said.

She convinced herself that it would be okay, then decided that she was going to like small-town living.

For generations, people here have savored the predictable cadences of small-town living.

This is not to say that my life out West was a breeze, but it was softened by the luxuries and niceties of small-town living.

For others, it is a break from school, or an escape from small-town living.

You have inexpensive small-town living but are still within easy driving distance of the benefits of health care, arts and culture that cities offer.

"It'll show Barry how outsiders adjust to small-town living without losing their identity."