Punishment Enough
Ouch. Spoken like someone that left home and never looked back. Travel can often make you wiser, more cultured, and perhaps even more attractive. So I guess in a way the bullies in this story got dumber, more ignorant, and uglier. That tracks.
Sure, for a lot of people leading a small town life can be extremely boring and far from ideal, but I wouldn’t say is the worse thing that can happen to someone – especially a bully. Living a simple life in a small place definitely doesn’t sound like a punishment to me!