Whereas the attract of small city dwelling might sound elusive to some (and extremely apparent to others), a brand new HGTV podcast is trying to resolve the matter. Within the premiere episode of “Townsizing,” host and tradition author Anne Helen Petersen turned to 2 of the community’s stars for his or her tackle the small city lifestyle.
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Ben and Erin Napier, the hosts of HGTV’s “Residence City” and “Residence City Takeover,” cited the communal facet of small city dwelling as one of many largest attracts. Ben likened being neighbors to his expertise enjoying on a highschool basketball workforce, the place everybody had one another’s again.
“You’re a part of this factor collectively,” he advised Petersen. “And that’s the way in which it’s in a small city.”
“That’s why we love dwelling in a small city,” Erin added.
The husband-and-wife duo have change into small city specialists since shifting again to Laurel, Mississippi (their hometown) after faculty in 2008. In every episode of “Residence City,” the Napiers participate in revitalization efforts for Laurel in an try to affordably convey their historic city into the twenty first century. The spinoff sequence “Residence City Takeover” follows an analogous formulation with a brand new small city every season.
Within the podcast, Erin shared that she initially thought that she wanted to maneuver to a serious metropolis after faculty so as to be an artist. She solely had a change of coronary heart when she began touring and realized that each place had its personal set of obstacles. When she realized that she and Ben may simply transfer again residence and (affordably) construct the life that they wished, the choice was straightforward. Somewhat than squish right into a shared 300 square-foot condominium in New York, she wished to maneuver to a smaller metropolis the place they’d have a neater time investing in a house.
“My mother could be 10 minutes down the street,” she recalled. “I may eat supper with my household anytime I wished. We may have a household. We may have youngsters. They’d have entry to household. I don’t know. I couldn’t consider any cons to going again residence.”
New episodes of “Townsizing” air Mondays by way of November 21 on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you hearken to podcasts.
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