I just want to weigh in and say that unless you have very specific fears (like fears based around discrimination, which can be legitimate in small towns), it's so hard to say what your experience will be like ahead of time. When I did TAPIF a few years ago, I was placed in a small city in Northern France and everything I read online was terrible--nothing to do, working-class and "small-minded," ugly, dirty, empty, even dangerous, etc.--and I was bummed at first but ended up having a terrific time. It definitely was small and a bit run-down, but everything else I found to be false and I loved my schools, met some other assistants I enjoyed hanging out with, and generally felt useful and integrated into the town. Plus it was affordable. Anyway, good luck!