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Big cities also have an entirely different culture from rural America. It includes higher crime rates, higher prices, more commute time, and less sense of being
by sverige 10y ago
Big cities also have an entirely different culture from rural America. It includes higher crime rates, higher prices, more commute time, and less sense of being connected to a community. I have lived in several cities (Seattle, Chicago, Dallas, Charlotte) and ended up hating all of them.
They are especially brutal if you move to them with little money and no connections to decent jobs. Then you have the worst of both worlds.
- ting_bu_dung 10y agoRight so it's just not liking big cities or manual jobs. Well, when you're dirt poor, you suck it up, and go to the city, do manual labor, save up money/learn skills until you can get out of being dirt poor.
- sverige 10y agoI said nothing about manual labor. I have done a lot of it myself, and find it to be far more rewarding than the so-called "knowledge work" that I have also done. The work ethic in what is called "white trash" societies is very strong. Most are unafraid of manual labor. But moving everyone to cities is not the answer, since it ignores a lot of things that rural people find valuable.