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However, still they are people who would admit without hesitation that it is not easy to live in a small town for many reasons. People know each other and are often nosy and malicious. Privacy is confined by interests in private matters. Children go to the same school, their parents work in the same plants and everybody meets at the same doctor's surgery where you can hear all local gossips and rumours. If you want to express your own opinion in a small town, you must have more courage than in a big city.