People of lemmy, would you live in a rural area? Why or why not?
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Grew up in the middle of nowhere. No bus. No shop. No pub. It was hell. Left home for the city at the first opportunity and will never go back. I don’t want to be dependent on a car ever again.
Honestly I feel like I’m going in your direction just want from middle of nowhere Vermont to Florida for college and man its nice not having to pack water and food to bike 30 miles up and down mountains I’m still amazed by my determination as a kid to get anywhere on bike fr I continued doing that even after I got a car
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I live in a town of about 2000 people. It has a grocery, a liquor store, and a hardware store. It’s rural enough. I would never live anywhere I can’t walk to get a bag of chips. Rural sounds good until the power goes out in a snow storm and your lane way is 7 miles long and the plow guy ain’t coming.
If you have a 7 mile driveway, and the plow guy isn’t you, you fucked up.
I currently do, I can’t stand larger cities. Too much traffic and pollution. Too many people and crime.
I live where people go to vacation, to get away and relax. Nothing better than this.
If money isn’t an issues I will leave the city and bought a nice house in a rural area somewhere because I hate everyone
If I was a straight white men, married to a straight white woman with stra white children, I would definitely consider it.
You don’t know shit then, we have people of all walks of life in my rural area. Stop living your life based on what you hear on tv or social media.
Does this… does this include you, as well?
Thanks, that means a lot, coming from the Poisoner of Doma!
I live in a small city (40k population). It’s the worst of both worlds. The grocery stores are shit, there’s nothing to do, and it’s built up just enough to be ugly as sin with no good nature access. As long as I can get reliable internet, I’m open to rural.
Only if its in a blue state. I dont want desantis or some other nutbar trying to turn the state into a shithole.
If you’re rural enough the state isn’t doing shit for you either way.
I dont want to live in a state that harasses my friends for the crime of existing or trying to dictate what women do with their own bodies. It isnt just about me. And its not like I am never going to leave my hypothetical ultra rural property. Itd be nice if the areas around weren’t essentially a third would country because of wrong headed/malicious policies
I do and I don’t regret it.
Rural meaning wilderness, yes.
Rural meaning farming communities, no.
I currently live in a small city surrounded by wilderness. Transit could be better, but there’s tons of culture I can walk to and I can escape to solitude in 15 minutes and it’s divine.
Only if I can get fiber internet.
Yeah I love rural areas but only with internet. TV, gaming, and work all depend on it.
My city of 15k has 10G Fibre. The collective communities just outside all enjoy 1.5G.
I actually like rural areas, but, in the US, I would never consider living in a rural area for political reasons. Sole exception would be some rural parts of New England.
Yes, on god, yes, I hate crowds and large cities…
I would and do. It’s quiet and peaceful, I have forest all around me, no traffic, cost of living is lower.
I’ve lived in a city all my life. I dream about the day i can retire/ find a remote job that allows me to work in a place surrounded by nature, in a house with a basement and my own backyard and ample space.
