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The example mentioned in the article was Albany, NY which has a population of about 100,000 people. So it's not exactly a small rural town where everyone knows
by ginko 2y ago
The example mentioned in the article was Albany, NY which has a population of about 100,000 people. So it's not exactly a small rural town where everyone knows everyone but it's also not a major metropolis like NYC.
- darkwater 2y agoI grew up in a ~30k town/city, nearest bigger town was less than 100k, and while there was something more there, you had to go to bigger cities to truly be anonymous. Although in the 100k city, coming from an outside town, it was "enough" on that side. But I don't remember there being a "scene" at all (heavy metal in my case).
- jghn 2y agoAll one had to do was go to the QE2 in Albany
- jprd 2y agoThis person knows Smallbany well.
- jghn 2y agoLet's just say I'm familiar with steamed hams
- TransAtlToonz 2y agoThis is hilarious. I grew up right across the border in Massachusetts and to me growing up, Albany was the big city. Crossgates was the nice, clean, well-maintained mall with the better movie theater, (our rural one was literally decaying in front of our eyes), and I was always so jealous of the teenagers who were able to hang out there and the skateboarders dodging cops in the parking lot. The region is doing really nicely these days. I could easily imagine living in the area again, the people are very friendly, and Dinosaur BBQ is surprisingly delicious for upstate new york. (I hope I didn't just cop to liking a tourist trap.)
- boscillator 2y agoI don't care if Dinosaur BBQ is a tourist trap, it's delicious and I very much miss it. I would definitely conciser moving back to the Albany area.