The hardest part about small town living for me is that it's like a farm town community type thing.  A lot of these people find their livelihood in hunting, raising cattle (for slaughter, I guess, I try not to think about it), and showing animals in shows.  Because of that, they take it as a personal offense that I don't support what they do...and the local winn dixie doesn't carry tofu or tempeh  :(

Fee--I'm sorry to hear that.  I live in NYC, which probably has the most veg restaurants and health food stores of any city on the planet--but it also has many, many more non-veg restaurants where there is not a thing to eat.  If I had more room in my apartment  I could have an extra freezer to store homemade dinners.  And what good are the veggie restaurants if they're not child friendly and you have three kids?  Besides, so many Chinese and Thai restaurants have excellent veg options, you don't really need a dedicated veg restaurant to have a fine dining out experience.  And how often can your wallet or your waistline afford to eat out anyway?

Town versus country is really just a question of logistics.  My bottom line response to the poll is that it is best to live in in a place where you can have a group of caring and considerate friends.  They don't have to be veg--just considerate.  These people are all over the place but they can be hard to find.  So, IMHO, wherever it is that you find them is the easiest place for you to live.