I think Hollywood does give a negative view of the small town, maybe it’s more DRAMATIC for the filmmakes to destroy a “Mayberry-like” image of small town America than to show a more realistic (ie. boring) side of small towns.

Here are the pros of a small town: you can learn who your neighbors are, it’s more affordable and has a slow, quiet pace to it. Cons: it can be hard to find a restaurant open after 9, shopping is limited and of course there can be small-minded, rascist people. But I see that as more of a problem within the country or rather humanity as a whole and not limited to small towns.

I hope you do not encounter those people who are rascist and who can not accept a mixed-race family but they do exist, everywhere, and eventually you will have to teach your children to be the bigger person and walk away from such negative people. Unfortunately, they are everywhere, including NYC.