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I moved to a city. One reason was that the car-dominated suburbs makes it reaaaally hard to make friends. Time from getting out of bed to meeting someone is l
by favflam 4y ago
I moved to a city. One reason was that the car-dominated suburbs makes it reaaaally hard to make friends. Time from getting out of bed to meeting someone is like 30-45minutes, and I have to spend money. In the city,it is more like 15 minutes, meaning you can do it twice as often, hang out longer.
I would say this is a big factor.
The country side works so long as your friends are close by for beer, movies, and games? maybe?
- fatnoah 4y agoI agree with this 100%. When I lived in the city with my family, I'd a) run into random friends frequently and b) getting together was trivial since a large number of people lived within walking distance.
- Tagbert 4y agoI find the opposite problem that living in a larger city makes connecting with people outside of work harder. Everyone lives far away and getting together can take an hour of driving. A small or mid sized city on the other hand has a large enough group of people but they are more accessible to each other on evenings and weekends.
- Tade0 4y ago> Time from getting out of bed to meeting someone is like 30-45minutes, and I have to spend money. In the city,it is more like 15 minutes, meaning you can do it twice as often, hang out longer. How tightly packed is your calendar that this makes such an enormous difference? I'm asking because I always met my friends in the city centre, to which the commute alone from my place was 45min.
- favflam 4y agoIt is less about a packed calendar and more about being able to say yes to spontaneous invites. Friend, “Hey man, I’m at the coffee shop. Want to join me?” Me, “ya, sure. Be there in 15min.” No prep, and no money spent (well, maybe a train fare if you can’t walk or ride a bike).