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Have you ever actually lived in a rural area?

bradlys 5y ago
I have and literally everything they've said is extremely accurate to my experience and those that I've talked to. Moving to a rural area is very much greener grass syndrome. Once you have to deal with the meth heads and associated issues with rural communities (low education, low opportunity, etc.) you will move the fuck out. Obviously if you don't plan to have children and live a semi-hermit lifestyle then whatever.
- cpsns 5y ago
  > Moving to a rural area is very much greener grass syndrome. The overzealous defence of rural areas is definitely a combination of this, people who actually made the move and can't admit they made a mistake, and those with nostalgia for the sort of location they grew up and left. I suppose there's probably some people mixed in who legitimately prefer it and those who don't know anything else. Not all rural areas are bad, but a lot of them aren't great.
- usrn 5y ago
  I grew up in a rural area and moved back now that we're remote. The only time I've met a meth head was when a friend of a friend came back from college and you could tell he was doing meth (based on descriptions of what meth does to you from the internet anyway.) You have to be picky, the area has to have an old culture that's still intact and hasn't been through some serious economic problems. If you go to eg West Virginia you're going to be dealing with meth heads. The general impression I get from this site is that people here won't like it because that means embracing religion.
  - bradlys 5y ago
    > You have to be picky, the area has to have an old culture that's still intact and hasn't been through some serious economic problems. No shit? Really? You gotta find a rural town that hasn't been through incredible economic hardship the last 50 years? Fuck me, that's wild! I never would've thought.
    - TulliusCicero 5y ago
      Yeah it's a bizarre comment. "Rural areas don't have as many drug problems if they don't have the economic issues most rural areas have." I mean sure, but most rural areas have been doing not so well economically.

I have and literally everything they've said is extremely accurate to my experience and those that I've talked to. Moving to a rural area is very much greener grass syndrome. Once you have to deal with the meth heads and associated issues with rural communities (low education, low opportunity, etc.) you will move the fuck out. Obviously if you don't plan to have children and live a semi-hermit lifestyle then whatever.

cpsns 5y ago
> Moving to a rural area is very much greener grass syndrome. The overzealous defence of rural areas is definitely a combination of this, people who actually made the move and can't admit they made a mistake, and those with nostalgia for the sort of location they grew up and left. I suppose there's probably some people mixed in who legitimately prefer it and those who don't know anything else. Not all rural areas are bad, but a lot of them aren't great.
usrn 5y ago
I grew up in a rural area and moved back now that we're remote. The only time I've met a meth head was when a friend of a friend came back from college and you could tell he was doing meth (based on descriptions of what meth does to you from the internet anyway.) You have to be picky, the area has to have an old culture that's still intact and hasn't been through some serious economic problems. If you go to eg West Virginia you're going to be dealing with meth heads. The general impression I get from this site is that people here won't like it because that means embracing religion.
- bradlys 5y ago
  > You have to be picky, the area has to have an old culture that's still intact and hasn't been through some serious economic problems. No shit? Really? You gotta find a rural town that hasn't been through incredible economic hardship the last 50 years? Fuck me, that's wild! I never would've thought.
  - TulliusCicero 5y ago
    Yeah it's a bizarre comment. "Rural areas don't have as many drug problems if they don't have the economic issues most rural areas have." I mean sure, but most rural areas have been doing not so well economically.