Small Town Drama

Why does everyone seem like they have to stick their noses in other people's business?
The transition from a big city, Phoenix, Arizona, to the small town of Bad Axe, Michigan didn't seem like a big deal, that is until I grew up. Now I can see that every move you make is being monitored and judged by at least a small group of people. It's not just Bad Axe either, it seems to be the entire county, Huron County. It seems to suck a person in like a giant black vortex. If you don't have a plan to get yourself out, you will most likely be stuck living in the drama and nosiness for ever.

Huron County is like a huge high school. No one seemed to be able to let go all of the drama that makes up the high school. Every one thinks they can talk  badly about a person or make fun of them, even though it is not right. People do not know the full story of a person's life. The expression of you not really knowing someone until you walk a mile in someone's shoes comes to mind now, but could it really only be a mile? I know that my life story could not be learned in one measly mile.

Taking myself back to high school, I can see that everyone seemed to stab everyone in the back. What is the point of pretending to be someone's best friend? I really do not understand. Yes you should be nice to everyone, even if you don't particularly like someone, but to pretend to be their best friend? Gossiping about people is pretty much Huron County's national past time. Ignoring everything and everyone seems to work for me. You can't let what other people think about you bother you, if you do, it will just eat away at your insides until you can't take it anymore and you finally snap. Huron County is such a wonderful place to live... if the drama didn't exist anyway. It is nice to get away from the city life and be able to walk around a woods and see deer come within a few yards of you and I would never move away if I didn't have to deal with the small town drama.