35 Hilarious Small-Town Controversies

Small-town living means that enemies are easy to make and local drama spreads quickly. Case in point: One Redditor’s wife is from a town of roughly 2,000 people, where a fruit-stand feud got really nasty, really fast. There was originally just one fruit stand, the owner of which fired the guy who worked for him. The disgruntled former employee decided to declare war by opening a produce stand of their own out of spite. The two later got into a fistfight, and the town remains divided to this day. In fact, now the wives of the mayor, the only police officer in town and warring fruit stands are all feuding as well. 

Other Redditors have revealed the small-town controversies they’ve seen go down, including those involving an emotional support pig, a mysterious Black person and special hunting trips.