No, I'm still confused - when you say it's a 'small town' what exactly do you mean?

Marquette is small. Small like less than 20,000 people small. And it's the largest city in the entire U.P., which should give some perspective. It's spread out, but it's in no way big. One thing to keep in mind is that blocks here are NOT city-blocks. City blocks are huge. Here? Maybe four or five houses for the smaller ones. Graduating classes are small, most of the time under 100 people. What does Marquette not have that might be taken for granted? A lot of shops, for one. Like, for instance, Marquette doesn't even have a Hot Topic. There's have a pretty pathetic excuse for a mall that doesn't even have a proper food court.

The town shuts down relatively early. There aren't any real clubs, save for one downtown, and Purgatory. There are bars, though a few of them have started closing earlier than 2am. Most businesses won't stay open past sundown. People are encouraged to be cautious. While the police department has had a lot of people jumping ship due to the non-officialness of it all anymore, that doesn't mean there aren't still a lot of them around, trying to keep the streets safe, and to keep the town from falling into anarchy.

Good neighborhoods/bad neighborhoods! Not really. Sure there are more upscale places in Marquette, but it's like, two blocks from the average normal middle class neighborhoods too. And while we've got a low rent area, (called The Village) it's not really a ghetto. We don't really have one of those, not anything like the city does.