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On the other hand some of my friends who grew up in rural areas grew up making tree forts and complicated mechanical gadgets, welding metal junk into weird scul
by jacobolus 9y ago
On the other hand some of my friends who grew up in rural areas grew up making tree forts and complicated mechanical gadgets, welding metal junk into weird sculptures, blowing things up with increasingly powerful homemade explosives, or wandering around in the forest studying local insects, etc. The available “enriching experiences” are just a different sort than those available in a big city.
Higher population density is definitely helpful to most people with niche interests though.
- vanilla_nut 9y agoDepends on the level of isolation and the person's need for socialization, I'd say. Most of that stuff is perfectly possible in a small town where kids can walk to school, bike to each other's houses, and grow up together with neighbor kids. In my case, I remember playing around with that kind of stuff but it's difficult (and dangerous, depending on who you ask) for a kid to grow up alone, isolated from other children. I'm not advocating for every kid to grow up in Manhattan -- I just think every kid should have the chance to make friends and experience childhood with those friends on their own terms. It's not very conducive for a kid to have to beg Mom or Dad to drive them every time they want to see a friend, and while the Internet/phones allow kids to play video games and chat with each other, I don't think we'll ever reach feature parity with reality.