Bracebridge VS Oakville...

I suppose it's actually a little difficult to compare the 2, they're different sizes and have completely different economies but the way that those 2 aspects effect the people is incredible.
My Oakville friends are a lot different than the people who I know in Bracebridge. First there's the physical, or stuff you'd get from a first impression. I've been having trouble putting this into words, so I decided to just list it:

• People here tend to swear very openly, not so much in Oakville.
• People here tend to say things like "thar" and "yous", again.. not so much in Oakville.
• People here tend to have the "I'm tough shit" attitude down, Oakville has one, but it's different.
• Seeing a teen pregnant or with a kid happens quite often in Bracebridge, I've only rarely seen it in Oakville.

The first 3 really have a bit to do with class, it sounds kind of wrong but it's due to the lack of money in Bracebridge and the copius amounts of money in Oakville. The last however I would say is due more to the size of the towns and what there is to do. Oakville can be boring, yes, however, there's a lot more to do than up here. People tend to just have sex when they get bored. I've learned the word movie is actually code for "let's fool around".

After the physical stuff there's the stuff that you tend to discover after talking to them for a while, it mainly has to do with 2 things, sex or drugs/alcohol. Once again I think this is all mainly to do with it being a small town, but it's crazy how different it is in comparison to Oakville. First off, the kids start having sex at about 13 or 14, sure in Oakville you get a few who give it up at the age. But here in Bracebridge it's not uncommon for a girl to have sex when she's 13... it's not uncommon for the guy to be 19 either. Another thing regarding sex is the whole dating thing, they don't really bother to get to know people up here, they just go straight for the kill. There are some who do that in Oakville, however they have a classier way of approaching it. They don't just randomly feel the girl up and place her hand on their crotch. At least not the guys I know. Maybe I just hang around with really innocent people in Oakville, but I'm pretty sure that's not it. Sure you'll get the drug addicts who do all the hard-core drugs. But in Bracebridge it's normal to do E or Shrooms when you're bored. A girl at work was telling me how she and her sister were bored and decided to do shrooms. A guy I just met started telling me about how he does E. When I said I'd never done it he looked at me and said it was rare for him to meet someone who hadn't.

I'm not sure if I'm just sheltered in Oakville and don't know about all the drugs that go around or what. But the way that I see it, Bracebridge is a small town with not much to do other than have sex and do drugs. Oakville is a bigger town, with more money and still not much to do.

Don't get me wrong though, I'm not insulting either lifestyle, I have good friends in both, I'm just looking at it from a sociological angle, that's all.