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> means some amount of trouble if you're non religious, non white, or non heterosexual. No it doesn't. Stop generalizing and stereotyping. From my experience p

> means some amount of trouble if you're non religious, non white, or non heterosexual. No it doesn't. Stop generalizing and stereotyping. From my experience people in small towns are nicer than people in cities, regardless of race or whatever. The small town I grew up in was 1/3rd hispanic, 1/3rd black, 1/3rd white and everyone got along. Don't believe what the media tries to racebait you with. > Problem with cities isn't overpopulation, it's housing. People want to live there but there isn't enough accommodations, and there totally could be if zoning and infrastructure were properly prioritized. Yes, zoning is somewhat the issue, in the fact that stores and restaurants should be more distributed. But many cities have plenty of apt buildings and short of squeezing people in smaller boxes, there's not much you can do. Also people shouldn't live in small boxes.

vineyardmike 3y ago
Just because you have a good experience, doesn’t mean everyone will. There’s plenty of history in America to defend the assumption that minorities will have a worse experience in rural towns. You seem to live in a very diverse town which is great. That’s not most towns in America. As a counter example, someone has called me a slur in almost every area I’ve spent time in besides big cities. Like driving by me on a sidewalk, in a bar, whatever, it always happens.
- MrOwnPut 3y ago
  > Just because you have a good experience, doesn’t mean everyone will. So you stereotype, generalize, and assume the worse just in case your pre-judgement is right? > There’s plenty of history in America to defend the assumption that minorities will have a worse experience in rural towns. And what is that? What in "history" specifically makes you think people in rural towns are worse than people in cities? Either way, that's not a good excuse to stereotype people. I don't think every person in the city is a gangster or a mobster because of cities bad history of them. > You seem to live in a very diverse town which is great. That’s not most towns in America. You have no idea what you are talking about, many towns are very diverse. https://theweek.com/articles/692098/rural-america-more-diverse-than-think https://theweek.com/articles/692098/rural-america-more-diver... https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/44331/10597_page7.pdf?v=41055 https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/44331/10597_pa...
  - vineyardmike 3y ago
    Uprooting your life and moving is a big commitment. If you’re a minority, it’s a lot safer bet that you won’t have issues in a big city than a small town. It’s risk mitigation. When I say history I don’t mean the history book a generation ago. I mean the news stations, social media, people’s modern lived experience . There’s a lot more people discussing issues with small towns than big cities, especially when accounting for population differences. Your articles only tell half a story. They show that a chunk of counties have >25% non white. But none have significant Asian populations, nor LGBTQ, etc. “Not blindingly white” isn’t the same as diversity for many people. Will it have restaurants of the cuisine of your home culture? Mosques/temples of your religion, etc. Will gay people be able to find dates? There’s so much more to diversity.

vineyardmike 3y ago

Just because you have a good experience, doesn’t mean everyone will. There’s plenty of history in America to defend the assumption that minorities will have a worse experience in rural towns. You seem to live in a very diverse town which is great. That’s not most towns in America. As a counter example, someone has called me a slur in almost every area I’ve spent time in besides big cities. Like driving by me on a sidewalk, in a bar, whatever, it always happens.

MrOwnPut 3y ago
> Just because you have a good experience, doesn’t mean everyone will. So you stereotype, generalize, and assume the worse just in case your pre-judgement is right? > There’s plenty of history in America to defend the assumption that minorities will have a worse experience in rural towns. And what is that? What in "history" specifically makes you think people in rural towns are worse than people in cities? Either way, that's not a good excuse to stereotype people. I don't think every person in the city is a gangster or a mobster because of cities bad history of them. > You seem to live in a very diverse town which is great. That’s not most towns in America. You have no idea what you are talking about, many towns are very diverse. https://theweek.com/articles/692098/rural-america-more-diverse-than-think https://theweek.com/articles/692098/rural-america-more-diver... https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/44331/10597_page7.pdf?v=41055 https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/publications/44331/10597_pa...
- vineyardmike 3y ago
  Uprooting your life and moving is a big commitment. If you’re a minority, it’s a lot safer bet that you won’t have issues in a big city than a small town. It’s risk mitigation. When I say history I don’t mean the history book a generation ago. I mean the news stations, social media, people’s modern lived experience . There’s a lot more people discussing issues with small towns than big cities, especially when accounting for population differences. Your articles only tell half a story. They show that a chunk of counties have >25% non white. But none have significant Asian populations, nor LGBTQ, etc. “Not blindingly white” isn’t the same as diversity for many people. Will it have restaurants of the cuisine of your home culture? Mosques/temples of your religion, etc. Will gay people be able to find dates? There’s so much more to diversity.