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I'm in New York City. There's maybe a dozen food places within ten minutes. There's more, but some of them may be in the 15-20 minute range. Several million people live here.
What hell do you live in that's so remote?
Literally any suburb.
Anywhere that is not a city? Each time these things come up, I become more and more convinced that city dwellers have no clue what it is like to live anywhere else.
I was asking which specific hell they live in, but clearly I did not phrase my question clearly.
It's just that the vast majority of people live in cities. So whatever some rural people are doing - good. But maybe y'all need to cook and not expect some poor person to work 80h/week hauling your soggy fast food around just to break even - that's not far from slavery.
If you can regularly afford delivery you're certainly way better off than them.
Yes and no, most people do live in cities (if we're still talking about the US), but a minority of those cities are actually walkable. And many cities are limited in what areas are walkable.
It's hard to find data on this obviously, so I can only speak anecdotally. Take a city like Dallas for example the core portion can be walkable, but it very quickly turns into un-walkable sprawl. Cities like Seattle and New York are very walkable. Then you have cities like Jacksonville and Orlando that are absolutely un-walkable.
I'd wager that more population lives in this un-walkable areas since the cores usually host buisnesses instead of apartments
The idea that the core of Dallas is walkable is hilarious. There are portions of DFW that have been specifically curated to be walkable, but they're usually akin to a theme park. You drive there, park in a giant parking lot (or worse, just endless strips of store front parking), then walk around what is effectively an outdoor shopping mall.
Ok but if cities are not walkable, just don't get food delivered on the regular.
You really just have no idea what you're talking about, do you?
A city may contain as few as 1 person. Cities are not defined by their total population or by their population density. Large cities are NOT the norm. You're the exception. You're the special case. You're privileged. You're rude. You're out of touch. Maybe travel.
not true
Absolutely no population requirement
Man, I grew up in the country and I feel like it took practically no time to get what city living is like (currently live in one). You really are proud of having no idea what other ways of life are like? It's supposed to be rural people that are the ignorant ones.
No, I was asking about which specific hell they live in. edit: not specific like "give me your address" but like, suburb, countryside, whatever. Maybe I shouldn't post before breakfast.
Fair enough, but honestly 99% of the places you can live in America are like that or worse. Your mind would be blown if you took a road trip in the American southwest. I drove on one highway in new Mexico that didn't have cell service for a 2 hour stretch. More than an hour between gas stations. And I actually saw homes people lived in out there.
I've lived in the suburbs and traveled around the US a fair amount. I think sometimes about a time I was in suburban Illinois, and we were like "maybe we can order some food." Opened up google maps and it was a wasteland. I think there was like one KFC open in the area.
My mind is more blown by why people defend living like that. Or actively choose it. It's a horrible kind of place to live.
Ok, fine, sometimes there are tradeoffs. A guy I know bought a house out in the sticks someplace in the northeast. Has a yard for his kids. It's not too expensive. But it's a long-ass drive to get anywhere, and there's nothing to do. Not a trade I would make.
I think we are pretty much on the same exact page actually. Having grown up in a place that pretty much is a wasteland but is also far from the worst place, I also wonder how anyone chooses it. But on the other hand for a lot of people it doesn't feel like a choice even if it technically is. Some people just can't imagine leaving their friends and family behind.
If I had my perfect living situation, I would live in the woods but still be a safe 20 min bike ride from a bustling city. That would be the best of both worlds imo. Seems like a pipe dream really, other than maybe in Colorado, sort of. Denver didn't seem like it would be my favorite city when I briefly visited.
Almost literally anywhere other than where you live.
You're a privileged person who has no idea what you're talking about. You need to get out of you think that is the norm.
I think you're just duckspeaking words like "privileged".
You live in like one of the top 10 cities in the world. Shut up. Your experiences don't trump real people's real struggles.
What kind of place do you live?
Why does one of the most populous cities experience not count?
Why are you so emotionally invested in this?
Do people in large cities not struggle? Why do you think one set of struggles trump another?
Are you alright, dude?
You insisted everybody was wrong because you've lived a different experience and that your experience is the "true" experience.
You're a narcissist jackass. Instead of taking any amount of time to think about others and their experiences you immediately went to you and your experiences and attempted to negate others experiences.
NYC is not "a city" it's fuckig NYC. You have almost nothing in common with people who live in "cities". You're a special case and if you cannot realize that then you are incredibly thick.
You could have said "Damn that sucks. I live in NYC and ..." but no you said "I live in NYC. You're wrong".
You're very angry and not worth the time to engage with further. I'm sorry for anyone in your life. Goodbye.
You're a selfish, unimaginative cunt :)