There is a certain lexicon used in Missouri, where I live.
Let's say I needed to go shopping. Now, if you just mean sugar or milk or iced tea, it's a breeze. There IGA and Dollar Gen at the fourway of my town. My small town is made of the stereotypical Mom and Pop stores. They're limited in their stock, the owner and their family runs the cash register, they close at six o'clock- seven o'clock tops, and no one is open on Sunday because that'd interfere with church. In my town, there are five churches. Three of them are in a quarter-mile area at the fourway and two are directly across the street from each other.
If you mean actual shopping, like food and maybe a book or DVD to rent? You have to drive into Town. Now, Town is not my town. Town is about twenty minutes away, through farmland and other mini-towns (like where I live). Town has Walmart and an entertainment superstore with games, books, movies, music, etc. Town also has a quaint, brick downtown area with a coffee shop and such. Town also has Applebees and King Chef, so yay.
For some real dining or shopping, it's to The City. The City is Independence, near Kansas City. Depending on which road you take, it's about an hour and twenty minutes drive through more cows and horses and farmland. C'est la vie. The City has an AMC 20, a small mall (about 75 stores?), and restraurants like Outback, Olive Garden, Joe's Crab Shack, etc. It also has the nearest Barnes and Noble and the closest Starbucks.
That? Is Missouri.
-Luce
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