In Milwaukee the sky is fucking green from all the smog and shit. When went there it was hard to breathe. I couldnt imagine going to New York.
1 all the stuff is in the cities
2 all the stuff is easier to get to if you live near it
that about sums it up.
Saying that living in cities is bad because of Milwaukee is like saying listening to music is bad because of Aerosmith
Country MFs on their 45 minute trip each way to get the bottle of milk they forgot on their weekly shopping trip before they get in a car crash and bleed out an hour later while still waiting for the ambulance:
At least the sky isn't green
I don't know I've never seen a green sky either. I'm not sure I would dismiss environmental concerns about city life as readily as others. I'm pretty sure if I had grown up in a less built up area some of the lung problems I have now I wouldn't
the pollution in cities is invisible since the introduction of smog standards. emissions standards apply to all recent cars, and different (more expensive) gasoline blends are sold in metro areas. we still have carcinogens from metal shredders and stuff but you generally can't see it.
today's haze is from wildfires
the problem isn't the city, the problem is cars
anyway, thanks to climate change fueled mega fires and micro plastics (cars again (tires)), we're all gonna have lung problems now
yes but the cars are a part of life of living in the city currently. People attribute small towns to be racist but you could just as easily say the problem isn't the small town it is the racism
Because I like interacting with other POC and prefer not to be afraid to be gay.
Even AMONG the straight white people, rural folks mostly all look kind of the same, nobody tries to be unique. In the city I’ll walk home and see a guy with painted nails, a girl with red hair, a dude with a nose piercing, a girl in baggy jeans and a rock band tee, all of that seems normal now but in my hometown those people would probably be stared at just for being slightly different
because moving to the sticks means living among some of the stupidest people in the country, plus services in rural areas aint great.
If you aren't a complete recluse it sucks living in rural chudland. Everyone has major red flags for social/romantic relationships. And if you don't look or act "normal", you will have a bad time.
If you regularly need medical services I hope you like driving A LOT. If you opt for home care instead, it's going to cost an astronomical amount that no one except the local car dealership dynasty can afford.
Because of the well-known fact that intelligence is based on where you were born.
?? Its a well known phenomenon in rural towns that kids that go off to college almost never move back home. That is the root cause of the anti-intellectualism movement.
Did you grow up in rural America? People leave by the dozens every year and most never come back. I was raised with my family both encouraging my studies and sad about what would inevitably happen. There are no opportunities there, and no political will to create any.
Literally where the hell else am I going to find other trans lesbians. We're ~0.1% of the population. idk what the gay scene is like on farmers only
To the people here whining about living in the city or the country, try living in the burbs for over 2 decades lol. You'll never talk shit about the city/country ever again. There's a reason why school shooters always come from the burbs and not from the city or the country.
You trade space for access. Country is the opposite. You trade access for space & nature.
Suburbs are the worst of both worlds
Because I can walk to a grocery store within 10 minutes, take a bus and be at my doctors within 20 minutes, and take a train and see a baseball game within 30 minutes
If youre taking a silly question this personally, maybe you should take a break from posting and scrolling for the day
- I can walk to the grocery store and back in < 15 minutes
- I no longer have to drive to concerts and events
- There's plenty of affordable food options nearby and even more restaurants to sit down at
- I can go sightseeing for $5 by hopping on the nearest bus or train
- A lot of like minded people that are interested in their local community, a big shift from the peak suburbanism I grew up around
- I can fill my social meter in the morning by walking around people watching
- Multiple bike routes and off road paths within a mile or two
A lot of this depends on functioning transit, but in general as a slightly introverted person I wound up enjoying the city way more than I anticipated. There's negatives of course but most of that boils down to cars (and thankfully most of my neighborhood seems to be pushing back on american car dependence) and density (which brings plenty of benefits as well). I think the only thing I find myself really missing here is easier access to green/outdoor spaces, and while there's been some progress it feels like there's not enough of a push there. Thankfully the bike culture here is growing what seems to be very quickly and vocally, I find riding a bike on low stress routes gives me what I was looking for out of walking around in a forest preserve in the suburbs
There's plenty of affordable food options nearby and even more restaurants to sit down at
What cities are you talking about?
Every city. Every city I've lived in I've discovered at least a few good cheap dumps in the first couple of weeks.
my well-being is directly related to
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things within both walking and biking distance
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variety of things to do
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enough people to cultivate diverse social groups
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political things happening; orgs, activism, whatever
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cost of living versus job opportunities
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socially progressive enough to not feel constantly at risk as a minority
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pigs not overfunded and omnipresent.
never found a place that checks all these boxes but by and large suburbs and rural areas are out. college towns with 60k+ people aren't too bad sometimes. never lived in a big city proper, just the miserable soul-crushing sprawl near big cities.
thought about moving to milwaukee bc i've heard they have good political activism
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Much easier to meet people who share my weird interests and mental hangups and substantially reduced likelihood of getting socially ostracized for having weird interests and mental hangups.
Because I grew up in a racist, homophobic, reactionary shithole of a small town full of hateful smallminded bigots who will happily kill the world so they can roll coal to own the libs. There's nothing to do there but abuse alcohol, be racist against anyone that isn't white as the driven snow, and complain that -insert relevant slurs here- are lazy freeloading bums.
TW:suicide
I would rather literally kill myself before I ever move back to a small town
I watched Benton county in Minnesota slide from a slightly blue rural county that is now a bright red shithole full of suburbanites. It's frustrating how America can be so vast but the same problems affect every community yet no one understands why.
I grew up out in the sticks, not quite as isolated as some people but I lived in the regional center of 5000 people, and the closest cities were all about 2 hours away. There was never even a hint of progressive thought or attitudes, even now the place feels like it's stuck decades in the past. I've stopped even trying to understand those people. They consistently get fucked over by the conservative government they keep electing, services are non existent, there's no family doctors, the hospital can barely run and they have to send you into the city for even basic diagnostic tests, yet in the same breath that they're (rightfully) complaining about the dismal state of our healthcare system they'll launch into a tiarade against the evil communist centrist party (who were in power for 4 years a few years ago after decades of uninterrupted conservative rule) ruining everything and getting rid of all the jobs. I want to feel bad for them but they're the ones that keep shooting themselves in the foot and blaming literally anyone else.
