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Please, people have been forced into cities. WFH isn’t near as common in other industries and even for most tech workers it has been temporary. The rural count

Please, people have been forced into cities. WFH isn’t near as common in other industries and even for most tech workers it has been temporary. The rural county I live in saw an influx of people moving very far from the city, only to be forced to leave again because of RTO. We had a huge population boom, only for it to be ripped away by shortsighted managers who don’t care about what their workers want.

vkou 3y ago
People have been forced into cities by the cold hard reality of the physical world. That reality is that it's dramatically cheaper to provide services to people that are living close to eachother. Unless we get to a post-scarcity utopia, or someone repeals the law of economics, city services will continue to be, as a rule, better and, in relative terms, cheaper than rural ones.
Gigachad 3y ago
I have very secure WFH and I moved in closer intentionally. It's been life changing, I got rid of my car, moved in to a high end inner city apartment, and fully embraced the lifestyle. The access to social experiences in the city is unmatched. I get access to all this stuff like a pool and gym that I couldn't or wouldn't pay for if I had to maintain it myself. Living inner city kind of makes you a social hub where everyone wants to come to your place because it's super accessible by public transport so everyone can drink and hang out in the spa/steamroom/sauna and then walk out to the local pubs and restaurants. Meanwhile I see all my rural family stagnating, getting addicted to drugs, stuck on welfare, and living subjectively depressing lifestyles.
- BizarreByte 3y ago
  > I have very secure WFH and I moved in closer intentionally. It's been life changing, I got rid of my car, moved in to a high end inner city apartment, and fully embraced the lifestyle. Honestly? I did too and I'm am absolutely not sold on this lifestyle at all. I told myself I wanted to try it and see what it was like for a year and I have never been more lonely before in my entire life. Unless something changes I will move back after my lease is up, because a boring life is better than a lonely life. There are more social events, but IMO they're very surface level, people don't want any deeper connection. > Meanwhile I see all my rural family stagnating, getting addicted to drugs, stuck on welfare, and living subjectively depressing lifestyles. I mean you're making pretty harsh judgments about their lives. If someone lives rural and is happy, that should be good enough even if you don't want the same lifestyle. Getting addicted to drugs? I walk past junkies literally all the time now in the city, rural areas don't have a monopoly on drug issues.
- refurb 3y ago
  Different people like different things? Shouldnt be that surprising.
- kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
  Living in inner city might make you a social hub if you're an extroverted person in the first place. For an introvert like me it didn't make much of a difference, though I did find a spouse, which probably wouldn't have happened in the countryside. I think everyone should move away at some point of their life, but permanent city-life isn't for everyone. I simply enjoy gardening, small-scale farming, tinkering and trekking in forests way more than any services cities offer.
  - TurkishPoptart 3y ago
    >though I did find a spouse, which probably wouldn't have happened in the countryside. dating apps? or how?
  - milkytron 3y ago
    > I think everyone should move away at some point of their life, but permanent city-life isn't for everyone. I think this is the key, people should experience different cultures, lifestyles, and social opportunities. I'm an introvert myself, but I'm passionate about certain topics and enjoy discussing them with people who are also passionate about them. Finding these niche communities or people who shared my ideas was impossible for me where I grew up, which was much less densely populated than where I live now. Now I have access to additional sharing of ideas, gatherings, and social bonds that I couldn't have imagined before I came to an urban area. I never thought of myself as a city person, but after living in a rural area, a midsize city, a huge city, and a small town, I've found that my current large to midsize city is where I thrive.
JohnFen 3y ago
> Please, people have been forced into cities. This. I would ditch living in a city in a heartbeat if I could.

vkou 3y ago

People have been forced into cities by the cold hard reality of the physical world. That reality is that it's dramatically cheaper to provide services to people that are living close to eachother. Unless we get to a post-scarcity utopia, or someone repeals the law of economics, city services will continue to be, as a rule, better and, in relative terms, cheaper than rural ones.

Gigachad 3y ago

I have very secure WFH and I moved in closer intentionally. It's been life changing, I got rid of my car, moved in to a high end inner city apartment, and fully embraced the lifestyle. The access to social experiences in the city is unmatched. I get access to all this stuff like a pool and gym that I couldn't or wouldn't pay for if I had to maintain it myself. Living inner city kind of makes you a social hub where everyone wants to come to your place because it's super accessible by public transport so everyone can drink and hang out in the spa/steamroom/sauna and then walk out to the local pubs and restaurants. Meanwhile I see all my rural family stagnating, getting addicted to drugs, stuck on welfare, and living subjectively depressing lifestyles.

BizarreByte 3y ago
> I have very secure WFH and I moved in closer intentionally. It's been life changing, I got rid of my car, moved in to a high end inner city apartment, and fully embraced the lifestyle. Honestly? I did too and I'm am absolutely not sold on this lifestyle at all. I told myself I wanted to try it and see what it was like for a year and I have never been more lonely before in my entire life. Unless something changes I will move back after my lease is up, because a boring life is better than a lonely life. There are more social events, but IMO they're very surface level, people don't want any deeper connection. > Meanwhile I see all my rural family stagnating, getting addicted to drugs, stuck on welfare, and living subjectively depressing lifestyles. I mean you're making pretty harsh judgments about their lives. If someone lives rural and is happy, that should be good enough even if you don't want the same lifestyle. Getting addicted to drugs? I walk past junkies literally all the time now in the city, rural areas don't have a monopoly on drug issues.
refurb 3y ago
Different people like different things? Shouldnt be that surprising.
kkfdkerpoe 3y ago
Living in inner city might make you a social hub if you're an extroverted person in the first place. For an introvert like me it didn't make much of a difference, though I did find a spouse, which probably wouldn't have happened in the countryside. I think everyone should move away at some point of their life, but permanent city-life isn't for everyone. I simply enjoy gardening, small-scale farming, tinkering and trekking in forests way more than any services cities offer.
- TurkishPoptart 3y ago
  >though I did find a spouse, which probably wouldn't have happened in the countryside. dating apps? or how?
- milkytron 3y ago
  > I think everyone should move away at some point of their life, but permanent city-life isn't for everyone. I think this is the key, people should experience different cultures, lifestyles, and social opportunities. I'm an introvert myself, but I'm passionate about certain topics and enjoy discussing them with people who are also passionate about them. Finding these niche communities or people who shared my ideas was impossible for me where I grew up, which was much less densely populated than where I live now. Now I have access to additional sharing of ideas, gatherings, and social bonds that I couldn't have imagined before I came to an urban area. I never thought of myself as a city person, but after living in a rural area, a midsize city, a huge city, and a small town, I've found that my current large to midsize city is where I thrive.

JohnFen 3y ago

> Please, people have been forced into cities. This. I would ditch living in a city in a heartbeat if I could.