Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5817180-20141027092035/@comment-4839682-20141104191038

True, but none of that means there's "few" people living in either Storybrooke or the Enchanted Forest. (I personally wouldn't consider the recap specials a hard source, but it's a moot point) (And your statement opens up a fun can of worms over who exactly Regina pulled from her world and where the boundaries are, but I digress)

"Small town" is a relative term. Clearly, my idea of a "small town" and yours differ. :) For example, the town I grew up in is physically small, but over a million people live there. It's part of the local vernacular that my home town is a "small" town, because, compared to the metropolis nearby, it is. On the flip side, a town could be physically huge but house a small number of people. It's all semantics. Besides, the term "small town" doesn't have to be literal, it evokes a kind of.... old-fashioned living style, like a "laid-back" place and, in that sense, Storybrooke fits the bill.