There are many benefits to growing up in a small town. Small communities allow people to become acquainted, acquire a sense of security and familiarity. Although there may be many apparent positive aspects to smaller towns, people often living in acquire what is called a 'small town mentality'. This can be described as a unified way of thinking and behaving. Individuality and diversity are suppressed while town's people begin to conform to traditionalistic views and …showed first 75 words of 413 total…

…showed last 75 words of 413 total…In light of the concepts I used in this essay. Small towns are not all pressure demons. However when you become accustomed to the same distinct behaviour for so long, you simply start to look at others who don't follow the so called norm as outsiders. The individuals of small towns become deprived of diversity and later end up labeling outsiders or strangers stereotypical. Which later affects the individuality of the humans within the society.