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While I find the comment you replied to poorly stated, I think I can buy the point if modified slightly. No matter how great any city's culture is, cities that
by HelloMcFly 11y ago
While I find the comment you replied to poorly stated, I think I can buy the point if modified slightly. No matter how great any city's culture is, cities that require one to spend a significant amount of time commuting inherently limit the culture that can be experienced in any given day. I don't see how an hour car ride vs. an hour bus/train/bike ride operates any differently in this regard though inasmuch as the time spent is non-optional for traversing the city.
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- acchow 11y agoYou were describing life in the valley, not the city. People in the city walk and bike and ride muni and uber.
- HelloMcFly 11y agoWell, I wasn't describing anything, just thinking a little bit about a post I really didn't care for at first. I've never thought about the impact of travel on culture much, so I found it interesting.
- fit2rule 11y agoI think both of you have missed the point: you don't get culture from sitting on a freeway for 2 hours every day, all by yourself. You get it from sitting on a bus, going somewhere local, with a bunch of locals. The fact of the distance between things just makes the culture there so .. dire. Seriously. So much time spent traveling, so little actual human interaction beyond the parking lot.