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I'm one of those people.. and I hate it in the city. But I like making six figures and that's not currently possible where I'm from originally. >mental health
by asdf21 7y ago
I'm one of those people.. and I hate it in the city. But I like making six figures and that's not currently possible where I'm from originally.
>mental health issues related to loneliness
Citation? It's a fact that urban living is associated with higher levels of mental illness, not just conjecture.
- icebraining 7y agoI don't have a citation for loneliness per se, but suicide rates for young people are much higher in rural areas, "even after controlling for a broad array of county-level sociodemographic, economic, and health care system characteristics." https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2195006 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/... Of course, there's always the issue about whether suburbs and exurbs count as rural or urban, which leads to people talking past each other.
- DanBC 7y agoI can't see where they controlled for distance needed to travel to reach emergency departments after a suicide attempt. I'm sure they did, because it's a pretty big factor for how many people die from some methods, but it would have been nice to see this more clearly described.
- icebraining 7y agoWell, even if that accounts for part of the effect, it's still a benefit from urban living!
- darksaints 7y agoUrban living might be associated with mental illness, but so is poverty. Not because poverty causes mental illness, but because mental illness causes poverty. Mental illness also causes people to live in cities, because their needs are better met in cities.