[brlewis]

Does your first paragraph apply to smaller cities like Boston?

[war1025]

As someone from the Midwest, I'm very amused by your categorization of Boston as a "smaller city".

Edit:

For reference, this [1] was the "big city" to me growing up.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mason_City,_Iowa

[brlewis]

Did people in Mason City seem to be on edge from being around too many other people?

[war1025]

No I don't suppose so.