> It’s like calling California coastal cities dystopian because of their desirable weather, or whatever factors make people prefer to live in them compared to a

> It’s like calling California coastal cities dystopian because of their desirable weather, or whatever factors make people prefer to live in them compared to a small town in Montana. If we were to carry the analogy through, it would be like if the California coastal cities were prohibitively expensive but there were only like 8 other cities in the US spread across the entire current land mass far away from everything and they all had expensive real estate, even shittier salaries, and no good job opportunities. And then someone told you that’s fine, the coastal cities with the jobs and opportunity are for the privileged and you just need to hoof it back to Mobile, Alabama and stop complaining. Can’t afford to live where the opportunities are because you don’t live where the opportunities are. guessilljustdie.jpg It definitely starts to sound like the setup for some pretty standard dystopian scifi movie with a underclass of exploited people serving the privileged. If you’re from the US, most friends and do-workers I have down there are always surprised and I don’t think fully grasp the differences and just how little is up here in America’s hat. Canada doesn’t really do the in between cities the US does. It’s a few major metro areas and a whole lot of empty space. It’s the population of California living in a country bigger than the US. The province I’m originally from is larger than Texas but with 1/30 the population. I’d have to drive 8 hours to get to an IKEA. When someone says “the big city is for the privileged” that’s the option left for you.