I live in Australia in a town called Junee. We have a population of around 5,000 in the town, and another 1,500 in the surrounding district and the local gaol (or correctional facility as they like to call it these days). Years ago, Junee was a huge rail centre, the mid-point between Sydney and Melbourne. The railway still reflects the charms of that bygone era with a beautiful Railway Refreshment Rooms that has seen better days.
I've lived in Junee for just over 9 years now, moving here from Wagga Wagga (only 30 minutes away) when my two youngest children were still quite young. It offered a quiet lifestyle where you could still go out and leave your back door unlocked. Sometimes I still do that, but times change, and even here we have drugs and robberies and plenty of things for the mother of teenage children to worry about. Such is the way of the world.
