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>And no, "too bad, go live in the middle of nowhere" isn't an acceptable answer. As someone who grew up in a small town, do you understand how condescending th
by daenz 4y ago
>And no, "too bad, go live in the middle of nowhere" isn't an acceptable answer.
As someone who grew up in a small town, do you understand how condescending this is? People have homes there, have families there, work hard and live decent lives. Just because they live at a pace you're not accustomed to, doesn't make living there some kind of hellish existence. Many would say the same about a filthy, overcrowded, crime-ridden city, of which I've lived in several across the US.
- paxys 4y agoYou seem to want to get offended for no reason. If I forced everyone from your town to move to downtown New York would they be happy about it? Or could it be that different people have different lifestyle preferences? I'm sure where you live is lovely, but I still don't want to move there myself.
- daenz 4y agoJust because you don't want to live there, doesn't make them "middle of nowhere" is my point. That's an extremely common elitist attitude that I see among tech people who look down their noses at people in rural communities.
- noahtallen 4y agoI grew up in a very small town (under 5k pop) and did not find this condescending. There are very clear and obvious drawbacks to living there. It’s really not for everyone, evidenced by the fact that 80% of the US population lives in urban areas despite small towns being incredibly cheap.
- daenz 4y agoIt's not condescending for someone to imply "I live somewhere important, you live somewhere unimportant" ? Phrased another way, if someone came in for an interview and said "I'm from Laketon, Indiana", do you think it would be appropriate for the interviewer to say "Oh, you're from the middle of nowhere." ? I don't think that would be appropriate at all.