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** Experienced by the protagonist of ClockworkAngels in "Caravan".

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* The title character in ''Evita''

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* The title character in ''Evita''''Evita''.
* ''Theatre/TheGoldenApple'' begins with Helen dryly complaining that "nothing ever happens in Angel's Roost."
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* In an episode of ''TheGeorgeLopezShow,'' George is considering taking a new job and moving the family to a small town in Colorado. He believes that it will be a better place for the kids instead of L.A. However, when they go there to look around, they see that the kids that live there have ''literally'' nothing else to do but smoke, drink, and get into trouble (a little girl encourages Max to steal for little more than the fact it's a cheap thrill.)
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* The title character in ''Evita''
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* "Kerosene" by BigBlack is a particularly dark example. It's about someone who decides the only cure for his boredom a combinatoin of sex and fire.
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* The aptly-named "Small Town Bringdown" by TheTragicallyHip.
* "Whistle Down the Wind", by TomWaits, is about someone who feels this but can't make himself leave. It's implied that he's contemplating suicide.
-->I can't stay here, and I'm scared to leave.


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* "Blow Wind Blow" from ''Frank's Wild Years''
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* Also [[spoiler: Milah]] is often seen at the town's tavern and is bored of being a wife and a mother, so she [[spoiler: fakes being kidnapped by Captain Hook to run away with him and his crew]], abandoning her husband and young child. But when [[spoiler: Rumpelstiltskin]] finds out the deception, it does not end well for her.

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* ** Also [[spoiler: Milah]] is often seen at the town's tavern and is bored of being a wife and a mother, so she [[spoiler: fakes being kidnapped by Captain Hook to run away with him and his crew]], abandoning her husband and young child. But when [[spoiler: Rumpelstiltskin]] finds out the deception, it does not end well for her.
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* Also [[spoiler: Milah]] is often seen at the town's tavern and is bored of being a wife and a mother, so she [[spoiler: fakes being kidnapped by Captain Hook to run away with him and his crew]], abandoning her husband and young child. But when [[spoiler: Rumpelstiltskin]] finds out the deception, it does not end well for her.
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* TheBandPerry's "Independence".
* "Stuck" by Ash Bowers.
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* Corrie Swanson in [[AgentPendergast Still Life with Crows]].

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* Corrie Swanson in [[AgentPendergast Still Life with Crows]].the Literature/AgentPendergast novel ''Literature/StillLifeWithCrows.
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* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Ruby (Red Riding Hood's counterpart) suffers from this. She actually tried to leave town prior to the show, but the curse gave her grandmother a heart attack, forcing her to stay in Storybrooke.
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*** As a Chicago native, it does not surprise me anymore to meet people at city events, bars and find out that they are NOT from the city proper, or even the suburbs but from other midwestern cities like St. Louis, Detroit Metro or South Bend (Indiana)
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* In ''BobAndGeorge'', [[http://www.bobandgeorge.com/archives/001206c George jumps universes to escape.]]
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* Many children (and some adults) in the {{Pokemon}} universe.
* Rita in ''ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' desperately wants to escape her small town and go to the big city.

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* Many children (and some adults) in the {{Pokemon}} universe.
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* Rita in ''ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' desperately wants to escape her small town and go to the big city. The narrative treats her as mentally ill, which depending on taste can be an interesting anti-urbanist {{Deconstruction}} or an obnoxious example of ValuesDissonance.
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* AntonChekhov's ''Three Sisters''.

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* AntonChekhov's Creator/AntonChekhov's ''Three Sisters''.



* Also Disney, Ariel from ''TheLittleMermaid''. She's an odd example, though, in that in her case the "small town" is actually ''the ocean''.
* The titular character from ''Katy Caterpillar'' begins her adventure because she considers the safe cherry tree where she and her sisters live to be "ever so boring."

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* Also Disney, Ariel from ''TheLittleMermaid''.''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''. She's an odd example, though, in that in her case the "small town" is actually ''the ocean''.
* The titular title character from ''Katy Caterpillar'' begins her adventure because she considers the safe cherry tree where she and her sisters live to be "ever so boring."



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* Rusty, the protagonist of ''WarriorCats'', decides to give up place as a housecat and join the {{warriors}} because of this.

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* Rusty, the protagonist of ''WarriorCats'', ''Literature/WarriorCats'', decides to give up place as a housecat and join the {{warriors}} Clans because of this.
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* Ariel, ''TheLittleMermaid'' in the DisneyAnimatedCanon, wants to be "Part of Your World".

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* Ariel, ''TheLittleMermaid'' Also Disney, Ariel from ''TheLittleMermaid''. She's an odd example, though, in that in her case the DisneyAnimatedCanon, wants to be "Part of Your World"."small town" is actually ''the ocean''.
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* Belle from Disney's ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast'': "There must be more than this provincial life!"

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* Belle from Disney's ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast'': ''Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast'': "There must be more than this provincial life!"
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* In DevonMonk's ''[[Literature/AgeOfSteam Dead Iron]]'', Rose wants to leave and go somewhere where even a girl can make devices. (It doesn't help that they all think she's touched in the head.)
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* In the rarely seen ''De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".

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* In the rarely seen ''De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want escape to get away from here".somewhere different.
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* In the rarely seen ''[[De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)]]'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".

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* In the rarely seen ''[[De ''De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)]]'', Summer)'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".
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* In the rarely seen ''{{De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)}}'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".

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* In the rarely seen''De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".

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* In the rarely seen''De seen ''{{De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)'', Summer)}}'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".
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* In the rarely seen "De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)", the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".

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* In the rarely seen "De seen''De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)", Summer)'', the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".
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* In the rarely seen "De Laatste Zomer (The Last Summer)", the character Tim often vents about wanting to be in a different area: "I just want to get away from here".
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***As a Chicago native, it does not surprise me anymore to meet people at city events, bars and find out that they are NOT from the city proper, or even the suburbs but from other midwestern cities like St. Louis, Detroit Metro or South Bend (Indiana)
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** This is also the theme of the big HannibalLecture.

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** This is also the theme of the big HannibalLecture.HannibalLecture, delivered by the TropeNamer.
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* Rita in ''ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' desperately wants to escape her small town and go to the big city.
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* Corrie Swanson in [[AgentPenderghast Still Life with Crows]].

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* Corrie Swanson in [[AgentPenderghast [[AgentPendergast Still Life with Crows]].



* Motivation for Joey on ''[=~Dawson's Creek~=]''.

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* Motivation for Joey on ''[=~Dawson's Creek~=]''.''DawsonsCreek''.
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* While the song itself isn't about it, but the song "White Kids Love Hip-Hop" by [[MCChris mc chris]] has a spoken-word monologue by [[TheBrakShow Andy Merril]] along these lines.

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* While the song itself isn't about it, but the song "White Kids Love Hip-Hop" by [[MCChris mc chris]] has a spoken-word monologue by [[TheBrakShow [[WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow Andy Merril]] along these lines.

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