I moved from a major US city to a Canadian town with under 3,000 people. I thought I'd be lonely, but I've never been happier.

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Ashley Johnson

• I left my life in Houston to move to a rural town in Canada where my long-distance partner lived.
• I was excited to have more access to nature, but worried I'd feel homesick and lonely.
• Thankfully, I made friends quickly and grew to love even the "inconveniences" of small-town life.

Love made me leave behind a place right near my parents in Houston to join my partner in a town without a single restaurant.

I'd first met my partner a decade earlier...