This Troper was raised in a small semi-rural town in California, and lived and spent most of his time outside of town in the hills. After graduating, he's been spending more time in the local College Town, which is much more urban, though by most big city standards not much. He still feels a bit ackward in the city environment to this day.

This Trooper was raised in rural Michigan. When she was in elementary school, her parents decided to take her to a town near Detroit. Not quite a big town, but they also decided to get Cable... cue raving about how many channels there are, and not having much friends due to being that 'weird hick chick.'

@/DesertDragon, who lives in {{Cleveland}}, once dated a guy from rural Ohio who moved up here for school. It was his first time in a big city and he would talk about how surreal it felt, such as how walking through the Tower City Center felt like the set of a Batman movie (the cluster of buildings was built in the 20's and has a heavy art deco style), and being enraptured by the SceneryPorn you get while driving down Route 2.

This Troper was born and raised in a very, very small border town along the US/Mexico border. The most exciting thing to do, that did not involve physical labor, was go to Wal-Mart, the one library and the movie theater that played two movies at any given time. Moving to the state's capital city was jaw-dropping, living in a place with multiple malls and libraries was unbelievable. Plus my home town was predominately Mexican-American so I was used to darker people. I was shocked to move north and find so many natural blonds.

I grew up in a town with less than 20,000 people in it, and the town where my college is is even smaller. And my college has only got 2,000 people in it. But the town where I actually live is, in my opinion, pretty big. It's got a few malls, a bus system, a large and well-known university, a few big apartment complexes, dozens and dozens of restaurants, etc. Right now, I'm spending six weeks in Santiago, Chile (the longest amount of time I've ever spent in a big city), and taking Spanish classes. Most of my classmates are from São Paulo, the world's seventh-largest city by population, and while I'm constantly gawping at how huge the buildings and markets are and how many people there are and how crowded the subways are and so on, they keep talking about how everything is bigger where they come from. I thought that was my job as the token American! But the trope doesn't really completely apply; the city people I've met are a lot more friendly and helpful than the people I'm used to back home.