People who live in smaller neighborhoods generally much nicer than people who live in large cities?

While some may disagree, in my personal experience I have found this to be true. I have also asked the opinions of others who have move from a big city to a small town, (and vice versa). They all agreed with me on this. Do you believe this to be true from personal experience? If so, why do you think this is?

Public Comments

1. Sometimes smaller neighborhoods don't let outsiders in. When you move into their neighborhoods. mainly in the south eastern states.
2. In smaller places people have time to find out about the welfare of their neighbors cause they know each other pretty well,In Big cities you are not familiar even to neighbors some times and everybody is busy in their own way. The oneness feeling lacks there .
3. I think its true. In smaller neighbourhoods everyone tends to know one another. This means you talk to one another and if there is a problem then as a neighbourhood you tend to work together to solve it. Mind you a lot of people today tend to live in a "drawbridge society". Come home from work open the garage door from in their car drive in close it and then go inside. Entertainment today then tends to dictate that they stay indoors, computers, tvs, electronic games. The ultimate isolated society.
4. A few years ago, I moved from the Dallas area to a very small community in my home state. I thought it would be great living in a small town and being away from all the things that happened in large cities. Boy! was I mistaken. My parents had lived in the community for several years, so I thought that with everyone knowing them, it wouldn't be real hard to make friends. WRONG!! Those were the most unfriendly people I had ever run into. Not only were they unfriendly, the were gossips. One night my daughter and son in law were moving some boxes and things from my mother's house to my apartment. The next morning I get a phone call from the manager of the little complex wanting to know who I had moved in with me. Seems one of the snoops had seen the truck and just assumed that I was moving someone in. I was madder than hell and let everyone know about it. They didn't care. When one of my daughters would come and pick me up..we would go shopping or to a movie. People would be staring as we pulled up...or look out their windows. If I had been doing something that was wrong it might have been different...but unloading my belongings from a truck or carrying in grocerys...come on! I got so discusted that after a year of living in Snoopville, I moved 20 miles away to the capital city. Where I live now, the people are friendly, mind their own business and leave me alone. When I moved in, neighbors came and introduced themselves and offered to help. In Snoopville, they just stared.. So, to answer your question..no I think smaller neighborhoods aren't nicer. I think the people are so bored out of their minds that all they have to do is watch the neighbors.