I missed the small town

I was always a person who thought I’d want to go and live in a bigger city. I liked the idea of becoming a part of society where nothing was really expected of you because no one knew you.

However, after a weekend in the cities, dealing with traffic, lines and packed stadiums, restaurants and even elevators, I’m excited to be back in small town Wisconsin.

There are benefits to being in the big city. There are opportunities to see things and do things that I wouldn’t get to enjoy in rural areas.

For example, my group went to Topgolf in Brooklyn Park, Minn. If you’ve ever been to a Topgolf facility, they are massive, sometimes three-deck facilities that are impressive feats of engineering and construction. The building consists of three decks. On each deck are bays where you and your family or friends have your own booth. There, you hit golf balls out into a concrete oasis covered in turf while a computer tracks your ball and gives you points for hitting certain targets.

Sure, we could probably golf at a course around here and it would be a good amount of fun. But at the same time, the innovation and technology used in bigger places gets me excited.

We went to a concert at the new U.S. Bank Stadium (where the Minnesota Vikings play their football games) that was a state-of-the-art facility. The sheer amount of metal, glass, lights and screens in that place is absurd. It’s no wonder it took crews 3.8 million work hours to create the structure.

Walking in downtown Minneapolis, we took a moment to just look up at the skyscrapers that cascaded over the city. There’s so much weight compressing the ground below. I wonder how much concrete has been filled in underneath these buildings to keep them in place?

All that being said, I could never live there. Big cities might be enjoyable to visit for a couple of days but there are too many people, too many cars and too much concrete for my liking.

It took me awhile to realize it, but there’s something about looking out over the country side and actually seeing trees or a field or even a house with a lawn that gets me excited.

On my drive home from work today, I’ll be sure to appreciate the scenery down Highway 13 and maybe, I’ll even take a back road or two to appreciate what central Wisconsin has to offer.

Every area has their pros and cons and every person has their own personal lens where they appreciate specific characteristics about the area they reside in. Mine will probably always lead me back to a rural area.

Life isn’t always about moving on to bigger and better things. Sometimes it can be about slowing down and smelling the manure.

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