Jami Attenberg Quotes

But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open.

Midwestern people stick together. Gee willikers, they work hard. There's no glitz, no glamour. When I was a girl in Duluth, Minnesota, I used to get up early and milk cows, so I know what hard work is.

One thing about living in a small town, I knew everybody and everybody knew me.

Though Lexington is not a small town, it sometimes feels like one, with circles of acquaintance overlapping once, then again; the person you meet by chance at the library or the pool may turn out to be the best friend of your down-the-street neighbor. Maybe that's why people are so friendly here, so willing to be unhurried.

I come here as one of you - an Iowan!

People in Midland are real nice folks: I can't prove that with statistics, but I know West Texas, and it's just a fact.

I'm really proud to be from Bolton. Population-wise it's the biggest town in Europe but you feel you live in a village - you'll always find yourself beside someone you went to school with.

Maryland is such a special place, man... You miss that warm, friendly love. It ain't like that everywhere else in the world.

People who are happy with their neighborhoods in New York always say the same thing: 'It's such a neighborhood!' And that's how we feel about Carroll Gardens. We see all the same people who have been there a long time and are very friendly and welcoming to us.

I have a house in a small town in Tuscany where everybody knows and looks out for each other. That's a similar mentality to on the Isle of Man.

I'm from Kansas City, Missouri. No one has to give a damn about my story.

In my hometown, I know everybody.

People in small towns, much more than in cities, share a destiny.

I'm a Midwesterner.

Hackney gets a bit of a bad rap, but it's the only place I've ever lived that felt like a community. I know my neighbours.

I'm proud of where I'm from. I'm proud of Long Island.

Souderton was a good town to grow up in. Everybody knew each other.

Derby born and bred, mate.

L.A. is only where you live, because otherwise it's just a sprawling mass of everything, and I think if you live in L.A., you get a little network of places you go, and people you see, and when you leave town, you do miss those places and your friends.

I want you to be concerned about your next door neighbor. Do you know your next door neighbor?

People here don't identify themselves by their sports team.

I've got Aussie country pride for sure. I just like where I grew up. I think you've got lots in common with the people who grew up the same as you.

I grew up in the Midwest, where people seem to be friendly and nice to one another. There is less stress than in some of the other cities.

More than anything, I'm proud to say I'm from Saginaw.

People in the Midwest, there's a lot of regional pride and a lot more, like, fake positivity - 'That's great - you're awesome!'