I’ve lived in the city for my entire life. I hate the all the people ontop eachother, litter, noise, smells, dysfunction, snobbishness, traffic etc. I don’t understand how seemingly most people want to move in the opposite direction. No, they are not hotbeds for muh crime wave and no, I am not paranoid or racist. The only time where the city is more or less livable is during summer break when half the population is being a plague somewhere else.
I can’t wait to gtfo of here and live somewhere rural. Preferably somewhere so boring that it sees minimal tourism.
Fuck no. I’ve mostly lived in real rural areas and mixed rural/suburbs and it’s hell. The shitty small city I live in that’s really just a university and infrastructure to support it and it’s still infinitely better than the small town full of confederate flags and no activities.
There’s a reason the demographics for every small town have basically no one between 18-35. Everyone who has the ability goes to college and never returns because there’s no jobs, no leisure activities, and no community. Just lots of driving, poverty, and isolation.
The way my mood instantly improves being in a place like DC where you can walk around places. Feel the safety of other people on the street when you’re out. Walk through a well maintained park on your way to the museum. Or a movie. Or a play. Or a concert. Or a bar. Or so many other things you can go do, with people.
Fuck I love cities and god I fucking hate cars, the internal combustion engine was one of the worst inventions of all time. Most of your complaints about cities are just about cars in the first place. The noise, the smells, the traffic, most of that is just cars. The sounds of car tires on pavement is so loud, and releases so much tiny debris which smells terrible and brings down air quality. Also they kill people all the time, far more than other “dangers” associated with cities
I have a tram rumbling by my window every seven minutes. The noise is also the constant construction everywhere, the loudness walking through the train station, inconsiderate people on public transit etc. What you feel in DC I feel when I am blissfully away from the hecticness and stress.