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Strawman City

• DawnQFunk3 4y ago
• ryanklee 4y ago
  I've lived in: - Chicago - Baltimore - St Paul, MN - Minneapolis, MN - Cincinnati, OH They all feel exactly the same with regard to the complaints in the post you are replying to. When I was younger, cities were excellent and I would never have imagined wanting to live outside an urban center. Now I am older and have kids and have massively different priorities than I used to; I wouldn't live in any city in any country anywhere. If it's not a suburb, count me out. I value my space, my yard, and my control over my ambient environment. I value my multiple cars that can get me to where I want to go when I want to get there. It's nice and quiet and people are fewer and more predictable. Yes, there are tradeoffs -- the culture sucks, but I can leave my house and go elsewhere for culture. I don't need it right outside my house. It makes my life harder to manage.