He immediately left for the west coast for a year spent exploring the world outside of his small hometown.

And she saw education as a way to escape the confines of her small hometown.

I really enjoyed putting massive things over my small hometown in Wales.

"Not exactly what you'd see in Oxford," he said, referring to his small hometown.

With no intention of leaving his small hometown, that was the most he felt he could hope for.

It was the worst winter ever in this small hometown.

His small hometown did not have the resources he sought for, such as a good education and better job opportunities.

For the first time in years, he thought about his own hometown, small and so like this one.

Then my friend moved away from our small hometown and married.

As fear ripples through his small hometown, the police continue to hit dead-ends.