LOL What fantasy land are you describing? That sure ain't no rural area.
Never been to Canada?
LOL What fantasy land are you describing? That sure ain't no rural area.
LOL What fantasy land are you describing? That sure ain't no rural area.
There's also the whole avoiding to pay for municipal services and then complaining when they won't cover you.One of the most interesting defenses of guns was this explanation that said that people in rural areas have to be more reliant because if a wolf attacks, health care is hours away. I'm like...maybe dont live far away from civiliation in fucking wolf country??
Also like way less rules and worries about bothering people around you. Want to have a bonfire? Go for it, no one will care. Want to blast music? Who's gonna tell you not to, the home owners association? Please.
I don't know where you live specifically but when I say Atlanta, I mean the city-of("inside the perimeter"). Alot of the suburbs outside of the city like Sandy Springs or Dunwoody are nice and affluent and as a bonus you can even have an "Atlanta" address. But go to the south side or the west side where the junkies literally walk up to your car at the red lights and your tune would probably change, if that's what you're running away from. Not to mention the break-ins and robberies.My rural hometown area sits just outside the heroin capital of the country, and overdose deaths are so common there now that a good chunk of my yearly catching up with family and friends at Christmas time encompasses learning about how many of my old high school classmates have gotten themselves killed in the past year. My dad's plastic extrusion plant is frequently robbed for raw materials by junkies and homeless men scrapping together anything to pay for their fix.
I live in the ATL metro now. It's pretty chill in comparison.
I feel like I spent 30 years of my life escaping a rural hellscape and would never go back unless forced.
I've almost only ever lived in big to gigantic cities - Edinburgh, Bath*, London, Manchester, Los Angeles, San Francisco and finally Seattle.
As I get older the idea of a village or an island or a mountain valley gets more attractive. More and more I value the peace and beauty of a pristine environment than the fun and variety of a city. Orcas Island or Hanalei are my dream retirement spots.
LA is weird because it's actually a road linked network of distinct towns - Santa Monica to Long Beach and Glendale to Venice and so on. and downtown LA, while way better than it was on the nineties when I lived there is a place you go to work, maybe sleep, but not play. The train and subway may have changed that feel. But Sunset and Wilshire Blvd from Santa Monica to downtown are two long drives I remember every inch of.
On the flip side most of my best memories and friendships and loves are in those cities.
*Bath is what I'd call a town (although the official UK definition is a legal status granted by the state. It Calls for a cathedral qualifier and so the smallest city in the UK is St.David with like literally 1500 residents. The city of Rochester once lost city status after a reorganization and redistricting exercise - and nobody realized it for four years because even though it's a legal title it grants zero special privilege or benefit beyond the use of the word "city") but it was the perfect compromise - you could do most city things but walk across the city in an hour - and walk right into beautiful bucolic splendor.
I mean, whenever I hear someone say that, they're invariably white old conservatives who don't like the idea of living near gays and brown people...
Lol nope.I mean, whenever I hear someone say that, they're invariably white old conservatives who don't like the idea of living near gays and brown people...
Only appeal rural living has is the quietness and openess of nature, but I feel like that's still very accesible when living in the right city. After living in a pretty cool place during college, I don't think I could give up having multiple types of great food and entertainment available to me. I found that whatever dirtiness or loudness didn't really bother me and I could be just as at peace on my apartment balcony as when I was in the middle of nowhere at a national park.
These numbers don't really do much to refute the point. Kind of the opposite, really. The percent change for white people is small because those areas are overwhelmingly white to begin with. Adding in more white people wouldn't move the needle much. On the flip side, a couple Hispanic families moving to town could represent a massive percent increase in some places.
I mean I was passing through the airport last winter when it seemed to be occasionally serving as a de facto homeless shelter, so I saw some shit. Including an incident where a lady who was clearly not in her right mind just dropped her pants to the ground in the food court and screamed.I don't know where you live specifically but when I say Atlanta, I mean the city-of("inside the perimeter"). Alot of the suburbs outside of the city like Sandy Springs or Dunwoody are nice and affluent and as a bonus you can even have an "Atlanta" address. But go to the south side or the west side where the junkies literally walk up to your car at the red lights and your tune would probably change, if that's what you're running away from. Not to mention the break-ins and robberies.
My rural hometown area sits just outside the heroin capital of the country, and overdose deaths are so common there now that a good chunk of my yearly catching up with family and friends at Christmas time encompasses learning about how many of my old high school classmates have gotten themselves killed in the past year. My dad's plastic extrusion plant is frequently robbed for raw materials by junkies and homeless men scrapping together anything to pay for their fix.
Generally speaking cities have:
-more crime
-more noise
-more pollution
-more people
-more traffic
-more expensive
Those are all major negatives for me.
My dream home is in the middle of no where surrounded by nature....... while having incredibly good internet <_< I love nature and space but I need my non-satelite broadband.