It makes me laugh and cringe.
My town is a very small, almost idyllic looking place. If you get enraptured by the scenery, you can almost overlook some prominent flaws, such as:

A public school system so bad that there were 8th graders who didn't know how to read, and 7th graders having babies by high school seniors.
Public water that is frequently either coffee brown or tinged with E.coli.
Gun happy hunters who think that proximity to houses laws are just "suggestions".
A startling amount of domestic violence, often ending in tragedy (there was a triple homicide last year. f*cker even killed the family dog).
People stupid enough to leave poorly closed explosive barrels of propane against the side of their house.

This last one might not seem so bad, unless you live in a place where a lot of people still smoke. A woman's stray cigarette blew up her house and killed one of her sons.

Insert Simpson joke about "Oh lord protect the rocket house and all who dwell within the rocket house" here.
(Audienda, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 17:51, 7 replies)

Where the fuck is it?
I could do with a laugh at the self selecting neanderthals
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 17:58, closed)

US judging by the description of the education system.

( idonthaveafunnynickname Drink-Aware? Sure. I'm aware I want another drink., Tue 3 Nov 2009, 19:10, closed)

And the gun prevalence.
That's a good hint.
(Scritty Bakerman., Tue 3 Nov 2009, 19:45, closed)

You guys are a sharp bunch!
I do live in America!
(Audienda, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 21:08, closed)

Michigan?
*fingers crossed*
(TheSnark oh, c'mon, like you didn't see me coming, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 23:02, closed)

But you still won't tell us exactly where
I sort of guessed it was in merker.
( Bartleby A dead man on vacation, Tue 3 Nov 2009, 23:19, closed)

This may startle you, but...
...I'm from the East coast. The steriotype for people in my area is to be overly-intellectual and slightly snobby. How my town managed to dispense with all the culture of the area is beyond me, but here we are.
(Audienda, Wed 4 Nov 2009, 21:32, closed)