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What are some buildings that would be in a small town?

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A gas station, a grocery store or corner store, small town diners or other restaurants, and a post office. There would probably a bank, a courthouse, police and fire stations, an elementary school, and a library as well, among other things.

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How many people would live in a small town?

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To officially be called a town, there has between 1,000-10,000 people. So a small town will probably have between 1,000-5,000 people. My town has a little over 2,000 people in it. We have one main street where all the businesses are, and the rest of it is residential.

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Do I really have to name the town in a novel? It's a small town in the Midwest.

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You don't need to name a town. There are several no-name towns in the world, and the majority of them are small and (coincidentally) in the Midwest. Remember, it's your novel.

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Why do cities exist?

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Cities developed as people evolved from hunter-gatherer lifestyles and settled in one place. Cities are centers of trade and commerce. They exist so civilization can advance; large numbers of people in one place create cultural centers for economic and intellectual advances.

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My town is in Alabama. It's a small coastal town with a population of 2,000-3,000.This is a teen romance with abuse. I picked Harswell, but there's no meaning to it. Is that okay?

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Sure, that should be fine. It's your story and the setting is your choice. As long as there's no obviously insulting message to your story like, "All people from Harswell, Alabama are abusers," and it doesn't sound like there is, you shouldn't have any issues.

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