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I live outside a rural town in Sweden, maybe 10k inhabitants. But its about 20min drive to a larger town with about 100k inhabitants. I love it. I have a big h
by ecmascript 4y ago
I live outside a rural town in Sweden, maybe 10k inhabitants. But its about 20min drive to a larger town with about 100k inhabitants.
I love it. I have a big house for the price of a three bedroom apartment. Its very calm and no worries of the rising criminality that is soaring my country due to high immigration. I have a fucking pool and a sauna. 1gbit/s fiber connection like anywhere in Sweden.
I can still bike to the small cozy town and go to local bars and drink beer etc. I wouldn't want to go to the large town anyway since it's too many hostiles there.
I can take walks when I work remotely with my dogs, I can run in the forest. I can breathe good air quality and grow my own stuff in my large garden.
To answer your questions, no I don't miss the city life. Not the slightest. If anything I loathe it more and more for every year that passes. I didn't go to meetups or similar events that often anyway and I talk to more people now than when I lived in Stockholm. People in larger cities don't really speak to one another. I kind of hate modernity though even if I grew up in the capital. I think there are lots of issues with the modern city life so it's not for me. I have a hard time understanding why people want to live there. If I really want to go to an event, it's not like I can't travel for the occasion.