I'd probably feel more at home in Alaska than in LA or NYC, but I like small communities.
Whereas I would be lost. I have spent time in a lot of places, L.A., Seattle, Pgh, Ft. Worth, Dallas, Richmond, San Diego, Chicago.
But I have never spent time in a truly small town.
I say that for a reason: I adore Sarah's plain speaking. I don't want to say you don't hear it in the big ol' cities. That isn't fair to the day to day folk who live there. But, there is a frankness to her speech that is refreshing. In the cities, we'll say (in a public forum), "we are encountering an excess of outflow." Small town USA says "we are spending too damn much." (Of course, California says "we are not taxing enough.")
From a visceral perspective I think her accent (I think it was [derisively] called "Fargo") is truly engaging. And I think it resonates with more of Middle America than the effete elite (and uneducated and just plain stupid mirror-talkers) lefties realize -- and I have heard that accent all over the country.
I would like to think I would do well in a small community, but I am not sure I could make the adjustment. But at least I am honest and certainly don't look down at those that do live in them.
But, who knows? I think we have more small town people here than not and you seem to
like tolerate me. Maybe my innate honesty could make up for my citified ways.... ;)