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Many stories prefer a [[Major World Cities|big city]] because it's exciting. But sometimes a story instead needs a small town setting, where people know each other, and "time slows down to a crawl". Of course, size is relative, and a small town can be anywhere from tens of thousands, to a few hundred, depending on your perspective. |
Many stories prefer a [[Major World Cities|big city]] because it's exciting. But sometimes a story instead needs a small town setting, where people know each other, and "time slows down to a crawl". Of course, size is relative, and a small town can be anywhere from tens of thousands, to a few hundred, depending on your perspective. |
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A good example in fiction: In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' series, the heroes come from Emonds Field, which is a small town of a few hundred people. They get to a city (regional capital) and are all amazed at the size: thousands of people! Then they go to the capital city, and discover that "big city" they were so impressed by is considered a small town, and that nobody has even heard of Emonds Field. |
A good example in fiction: In ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' series, the heroes come from Emonds Field, which is a small town of a few hundred people. They get to a city (regional capital) and are all amazed at the size: thousands of people! Then they go to the capital city, and discover that "big city" they were so impressed by is considered a small town, and that nobody has even heard of Emonds Field. |
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There are a lot of specialized subtropes of the small town: |
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* [[Arcadia]] can contain really low level population towns |
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* A [[Close Knit Community]] is often a small town. |
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* [[Down on the Farm]] can also contain them. |
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* [[Dying Town]] |
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* [[Everytown, America]] |
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* [[Nothing Exciting Ever Happens Here]] |
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* [[Only Shop in Town]] occurs most commonly with small towns. |
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* [[Small Town Boredom]] |
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* [[Small Towns Are Evil]] |
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* [[Quirky Town]] |
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Latest revision as of 20:27, 12 January 2017
Many stories prefer a big city because it's exciting. But sometimes a story instead needs a small town setting, where people know each other, and "time slows down to a crawl". Of course, size is relative, and a small town can be anywhere from tens of thousands, to a few hundred, depending on your perspective.
A good example in fiction: In The Wheel of Time series, the heroes come from Emonds Field, which is a small town of a few hundred people. They get to a city (regional capital) and are all amazed at the size: thousands of people! Then they go to the capital city, and discover that "big city" they were so impressed by is considered a small town, and that nobody has even heard of Emonds Field.
Pages in category "Small Towns"
The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.