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I don't live in such area, but I don't oppose to the idea of living in one. I think there is something romantic and charming about watching stars burning firewo
by jimmies 9y ago
I don't live in such area, but I don't oppose to the idea of living in one. I think there is something romantic and charming about watching stars burning firewoods at night, listening to birds chirping in the morning and chill out reading books during the day. What's romantic about spending money on Chinese clothes in Walmart/LV, posting nudes on snapchat on 4 Gees and shitposting memes on 4chan on a 100Gbps network? It's the same boring, mindless shit.
Other than that, some people might be stuck and simply don't have a choice. You should listen to S-Town. Gives a lot of insights into a brilliant mind that got stuck in a rural area. To quote part of the reason:
"So why don't I move? There's got to be people in Fallujah right now, or Beirut, that just asked each other the same question. You know, why the hell don't you get out of here, Hassan? And Hassan's answer is, I don't know. Hassan has probably gone out there and made a sand maze or something. His aging mother can't decide which one of her hijabs she's going to wear that day, and she ends up peeing all over herself, and he has to clean her up or some damn something. He keeps thinking, OK, maybe one day it'll get better, although secretly he knows it never will.
I have this old crummy Ford truck. You can't be a redneck and live in Alabama without a damn Ford truck, can you? And I keep thinking, could I put everything that I would put in that truck and drive down that driveway for the last time? But then again, who would take care of Mama? Who would feed the puppies? Who'd water the flowers? Who'd prune the maze?"