TíaBel's blog on privacy reminded me of something that happened not long after we bought a house in this (very) small town.
A couple of friends were in town for the day. When they got here, they realized they had left our new address & phone number at home. They went to the Chamber of Commerce Tourism & Visitor's Center and asked if they could borrow a phone book. We hadn't been here long enough to be in the book. So they looked up the number of the company where my husband works, asked to borrow the phone, and called. The receptionist answered, they asked for my husband, told him they'd left our 411 at home, and had him give them directions to the house. When they hung up, the clerk in the Visitor's Center said "Oh, you should have told me who you were looking for. I can tell you right where they live."
Bottom line: there is no privacy in a small town.
