I think @fragbot nails it: “… someone pretending it’s not in the boondocks is working way too hard.”
Yes, w/o question, WW is bigger than Middlebury Vt. I’ve spent plenty of time in both places. But, again, we’re working awfully hard here - WW being less remote than Middlebury is like pointing out to a woman who generally avoids dating short men that Kevin Hart is a lot taller than Danny Devito. It’s technically true, but you should make sure she understands that Kevin Hart is still really short before she swipes right.
It’s a small town (yes, there are smaller towns in the US) smack at the bottom southeast corner of Washington, a beautiful but very large and lonely expanse of land. Rinse and repeat: 4.5 hour drive to either Seattle or Portland, and 3+ hrs. to Spokane. It’s not near anything. The very definition of isolated.
Yes, I’m repeating myself; and so is everyone else in this thread.