>People don’t understand how much of an anachronism small town America is. The brain drain is real, young people who are capable can’t wait to move as soon as p

>People don’t understand how much of an anachronism small town America is. The brain drain is real, young people who are capable can’t wait to move as soon as possible to experience more of the world. Yeah, I'm one of those people, and after I moved I found out that I don't enjoy city life at all. The entire reason I want to go into tech is so I can get a remote job and go back. Higher population density doesn't mean much for the city I live in now - there's hardly anything to do that I'm interested in, and urbanites are as closed-minded as their caricatures of everyone else. (Not having Netflix isn't as much of a problem as not being a socialist, or not being down with a nationwide gun ban or whatever, but it's in the same ballpark.) I had to abandon all my hobbies when I moved, for lack of space and proximity to the communities. And the threat of physical violence is much higher here - I've learned from experience that I can't go outside after dark.