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I'm just curious: what would it take, in terms of wages and working conditions, for you to move to a town in the middle of nowhere with 4200 people, 98% of whom

by amyjess 10y ago

I'm just curious: what would it take, in terms of wages and working conditions, for you to move to a town in the middle of nowhere with 4200 people, 98% of whom are white, and where poverty and drug abuse are rampant? I can't imagine taking a job there for anything less than upper seven figures, and even then I'd just work there for a year or two and then move back home and retire young. I'm a Jewish atheist lesbian trans woman. In a town like that, I'd probably get lynched and/or raped for just one of those words. I can't imagine anyone who's not white moving to any place that's 98% white, and even most of my white friends would balk once they realized they wouldn't be able to get good sushi there. And of course, there's nothing to do, very few people to talk to who aren't on meth... Jesus, I'm a pretty big fan of living in sparse places, but I still don't want to live any further away from civilization than an exurb of a major city.

eli_gottlieb 10y ago
People shouldn't downvote you. I'm a Jewish non-theist straight male, and I share a lot of the same concerns. Mind, a small town without rampant poverty and drug abuse, and particularly in a non-religious area... that's another thing. It's easy to skip the stupid sushi shops, and if you live somewhere within driving distance of the sea you can buy fish and make your own damn sushi. It's especially easy to skip if a reasonable professional salary goes so much further, speeding up a timeline towards personal financial freedom. But no, I definitely don't feel safe about living in a place where only the church-men are holding back violence born of altered minds and raw despair.
krakensden 10y ago
> In a town like that, I'd probably get lynched and/or raped for just one of those words. These places have problems, and I understand that you are being hyperbolic, but it's a bit much. It's like a demographics-inverted version of Trump's inner city warzone stuff. They're just people, and they aren't that different.

by amyjess 10y ago

eli_gottlieb 10y ago

People shouldn't downvote you. I'm a Jewish non-theist straight male, and I share a lot of the same concerns. Mind, a small town without rampant poverty and drug abuse, and particularly in a non-religious area... that's another thing. It's easy to skip the stupid sushi shops, and if you live somewhere within driving distance of the sea you can buy fish and make your own damn sushi. It's especially easy to skip if a reasonable professional salary goes so much further, speeding up a timeline towards personal financial freedom. But no, I definitely don't feel safe about living in a place where only the church-men are holding back violence born of altered minds and raw despair.

krakensden 10y ago

> In a town like that, I'd probably get lynched and/or raped for just one of those words. These places have problems, and I understand that you are being hyperbolic, but it's a bit much. It's like a demographics-inverted version of Trump's inner city warzone stuff. They're just people, and they aren't that different.