Living in a hamlet or small town is quaint and endearing.
I’m referring to the region where almost everyone is familiar with one another. People congregate in the neighborhood bar, and there may be a few additional structures nearby, including a post office, a funeral home, and a few retail stores. First-name greetings are accepted as the custom.
A sense of a close-knit group can be conveyed to others on occasion. It’s not for everyone; many of us prefer to live in flocks to solitude in the wilderness.
How many people can say they would prefer to live in a neighborhood where every home is on the same street?
Undoubtedly, that is the case for those who live in the European Union, as they became well-known on Twitter earlier this month after an online aerial photo was published.
Surprisingly, the entire 6,000-person population of Suoszowa, Poland, resides on a single, nine-kilometer-long street.
The area, dubbed “Little Tuscany” because of its style of architecture, was home to 5,819 people as of 2017, according to CSO Poland.
Every house on the street has a sizable plot of land, which the homeowners use for a variety of purposes, such as farming and housing for animals.
When asked about the strange but undeniably beautiful aerial photographs, Suoszowa residents described life in their community.
“This is the only location that I would never trade. The atmosphere and charm are distinctive. There is substance to what they say,” one individual said.
The images are stunning as the entire scene appears to be a home, followed by a brief field section. Grain is present in one, rapeseed in the other, and something else is present in the third. When viewed from above, the colors are lovely.
Reddit users reportedly posted a second image along with the query “Does each house on the street own the strips of land extending from the village?”.
“My Polish friend just saw this and he said yes!” was the reply.
The homeowners continued, “Each house has that strip of land to do whatever on, hence the different colors, and they are using the land for different purposes. While others keep animals there, some people leave it fallow.
What an incredibly odd setup. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a village like this.
