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When I was at Ft. Bliss in El Paso a few years ago (probably more like 10 now), I drove from there to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. It's a 145 miles on Rt. 62. Once I cleared the City and got on the straight road, I did not see one single car, not one. Not a single other automobile, motorcycle, moped, etc. For probably a 130 some odd miles, not another vehicle, just a long straight road. Glorious!I told my wife I'd like to move to middle of nowhere west Texas. She said "you don't know anyone there."
I said, I will end up knowing everyone worth knowing. She asked how. I said you find out where all the old men gather up in the morning drinking coffee. That is where the knowledge is. You'll know the dozer man, plumber, HVAC man, best lumber yard, best steel supplier. The list is endless. And it's that way in any small town in America.