Does anyone else suffer from living in rural towns?

Lucky! The only gay bar left is even further away than that from here and it's mostly for gay men, not women. I'm in a relationship right now (with a man, surprisingly - lol) so it doesn't matter too much but it'd be nice to go and meet other lesbians. I think I saw one the entire time I was there. I don't think I'll be going anymore. They overcharge and their drinks are small. I guess they can do whatever they want since they're the only gay bar.

I am going to college in a small town in GA. The closest city has only one gay bar which is 21+. And the city is 45 minutes away. There are a few other gay people here, but I don't have going on.

This is one of the reasons I would never move back to my hometown unless there were no other options. Not for the gay bars, but for ANYTHING. Ever try to find good Indian food or other ethnic food in a small town...it doesn't happen.

Good luck!

I just moved out of my rinky dink little town for school, but for a college town it's still not very big. I plan on being a Portlander when all is said and done, though, so I won't have to suffer from a shortage of gay bars for much longer.

I can't wait to get out of here. But I have to wait until after college.

The closest such place is also 30 minutes from me, but I don't consider that far or too far.

I suppose it's because I'm not wanting to go there every day - maybe once a week if I don't have other plans. I guess I'm not a very outgoing person, I just go with people I know - not try to meet new people, haha.

I would hesitate to call where I live rural, though I'm sure many city people would. I feel I have too many neighbours and things are too close for being a true "in the country" location. To me "in the country" is big farms where you can't see your neighbours.

They're building up the area about 10 minutes from me - there'll be a 24/7 grocery store (previously 20 minutes - and a 9 to 9 that's 7 minutes away). I like it, I guess I'm not much for the noise of a city.

Rural dweller here, but I'm not suffering!

We have enough queermos that I don't feel removed from all things gay, but we don't have enough to date without causing a crapload of drama (we do it anyway though, of course). The town is also surprisingly gay friendly. They don't exactly love us, but it's only a tiny minority that actively wants us gone.

The closest gay space (bar, club, coffee shop, bookstore, anything) is in a city about 400 miles away, but I also live in that city part-time. Dual living is awfully nice.

I live in a town of about ~9000 people, nearest bigger city is about 45-60 minutes away. I don't mind living in a small town, I'm partnered, happily employed and this is a surprisingly queer friendly and event filled town (having a college here helps immensely).

I have the small town, hick town blues occasionally. Mississippi isn't the most welcoming place for anything besides straight, marital, vanilla sex.

Is there anyone from a northern small town? I wonder if they have that same small town mentality or if they are more open-minded.

Living in a small town sucks when you're gay. It's even worse after you've left to live in a city for a few years, and the contrast is even more apparent when you return.

I would've loved to have a gay friendly area within a 30 minute drive when I still lived with my parents! I come from a town of just over 3,000 people. The closest somewhat gay friendly place is the LGBTQIA group at the local state college, but this is a school that's been in the news within the past year thanks to a professor making homophobic comments with a lesbian grad student present. It was NOT in any way an open or accepting environment.
I moved to another small town for college, but it's more accepting in general here. At least that's my perception of it. But I'm also actively involved in the campus gay club, so I could be skewed to seeing the better side of things. Not saying that things are perfect..I have friends who have been physically assaulted on campus..but better than where I grew up. There's even a couple gay bars in the closest city.

I live in a rural town, and there's nothing. No good places to eat, no clubs, no shopping centers, NOTHING!

I'm actually really lucky because I'm in a small town but I'm here because I'm at a liberal arts college, so there are a lot of non-heterosexual people to hang out with on campus.

I want to move out of the suburbs to a rural area. But luckily, rural areas are close-in to Portland, OR! I need property and space to be happy.

That's why I moved to where I live now. And it seems even worse now when I go back to visit. I feel SO GAY! It's unnerving.

I'm In the middle of bumfuck Iowa