Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: While in Schenectady , Vonnegut lived in the tiny hamlet of Alplaus , located within the town of Glenville , just across the Mohawk River from the city of Schenectady .
Simplified: While in Schenectady , Vonnegut lived in a tiny village called Alplaus .