• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Eh, my friend actually did that. I assumed that she had some sort of awful family she was running from, but actually they’re nice and she visits them on holidays. She just wanted to be in the big city so much that she was willing to rent a single room in a bad neighborhood and constantly look for odd jobs rather than live out in the countryside with her parents.

    • Azzu@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I mean I can imagine the dating prospects are really terrible in the countryside, noone talked about that yet.

    • Jay@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I understand the draw. It’s boring in the country for most young people. At least there’s always something to do or something to see in the city.

      I was a city kid that ended up in the country, and it’s like a different world. It took me years to slow down to country pace. Now that I’m older I enjoy it, but it took a lot of getting used to. There’s things I miss about the city but I prefer being out here where I never have to lock things up for fear of it getting stolen, cleaner air, and all the other issues city life brings.

      The biggest issue I have out here is keeping the deer out of my garden.

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Another issue is that LBGT people often have to flee hostile rural towns for a city where they can be free to live. We’re currently in the middle of a refuge crisis as trans people flee red States for mostly cities (small towns in blue states can be scary too) in places like Minnesota.