Enjoying Seymour
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9/7/2007
While a single person or family can go bicycling, take classes at John Mellencamp's Southern Indiana Center for the Arts or through the large and beautiful new library or take college courses at the high school, or go to a golf course, swimming pool, tennis court, or ballfield here, or outside town take horses for trailrides or ATVs out for a spin, the best way to enjoy Seymour is to get involved with a group. Churches, charities, and clubs offer a wide range of activities. They also offer friendships and the chance to contribute to the community. It's the people who stay unconnected who decide there is "nothing to do" here and leave. Most of the children are involved in Boys and Girls Club, Girls Inc, 4-H or some other organization. It seems to be harder for people from late teens-early 20s to find something exciting enough to do with their leisure time because Seymour is geared toward families and at that age they usually don't want to hang out with their elders. :) Seymour doesn't have much of a bar scene or nightlife. It has many events and festivals although the small population can't maintain anything as expensive as an orchestra. Once young people get married and have children they begin to appreciate the safety and nurturing quality of a small town, as well as its low cost of living. It's common for people to go away to college and return later in life. If you are single and over 30, you might have trouble finding anyone to marry, or even date, locally, and then Seymour might seem like Noah's Ark. If you aren't Christian, you might feel overwhelmed by all those who are. Seymour has a PFLAG chapter and seems more open to gays than might be expected here.
Some people think that the locals are clannish and aloof but they are shy and think newcomers will look down their noses at them. Many have little experience socializing outside their extended families and life-long friends, and while they would give you the shirt off their back, they would be nervous about having you over for Christmas dinner. As in many other parts of small town and rural America, they apologize for the humble quality of their fun, imagining you are used to sophistication.
The fact that it is situated at the crossroads of I-65 and Rt. 50 gives Seymour an importance as a regional center for shopping that means an unusual number of stores for the population. The recent heavy influx of Hispanics and other immigrants has revitalized downtown and created wonderful Mom and Pop busi
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