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If the world is that screwed, you should probably think twice about bringing kids into it.
by bluescrn 5y ago
If the world is that screwed, you should probably think twice about bringing kids into it.
- ben_w 5y agoFor me, living in a city isn’t even a cost, never mind a cost such that I would hesitate to bring children into it. Which city are you thinking of that you have such a negative feeling about them?
- bluescrn 5y agoLondon, primarily. I just couldn't live somewhere so busy - trains/tube at peak times are a grim enough experience just doing it on occasional visits - couldn't deal with it every day, let alone during a pandemic. And then there's the insane cost of housing, and the noise.
- ben_w 5y agoSeems fair to not like London for those reasons (likewise from whenever I’ve been though it!), but even then I guess I am slightly surprised you find it so bad you’d not want to raise a family in it. (That said, the pandemic has made me broody, so I get different weighing on what you want from life). The good news is cities don’t need to be like that.
- bryanrasmussen 5y agothe implication is that people have suffered far worse throughout the world's history than living in a big city.