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This was one of the biggest surprises for me moving to the burbs after 40 years of NYC. You get to know your neighbors and their kids, you drive more politely
by xyzelement 3y ago
This was one of the biggest surprises for me moving to the burbs after 40 years of NYC.
You get to know your neighbors and their kids, you drive more politely because the person you are going to cut off is someone you have likely met and will again. It sort of transforms you - or rather - allows the more communal version of you - to emerge.
Needless to say, this version of me is more at peace and happier.
- NegativeK 3y agoInteresting; after moving to the suburbs from a large city, I feel much less likely to talk to people near me, since I get in my metal box and drive around them instead of walking past them (or riding public transit with them) and being forced to interact with them.
- xyzelement 3y agoDifferent type of burb I guess.