tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post6097050130721277046..comments2024-02-23T04:59:26.907-05:00Comments on But I Did Everything Right!: Big City Living Is ExpensiveAngelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07820446523257638689noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-78982847690151989352010-04-20T13:04:34.134-04:002010-04-20T13:04:34.134-04:00I would never choose to live in a rural area over ...I would never choose to live in a rural area over a city BUT living in the city isn't always what it's cracked up to be either. There are definitely parts of the South that I would never want to pass through because of its obvious racism, homophobia, right-wing religious beliefs, etc. BUT I have met plenty of people from the South and the Midwest who are as sweet as can be, very hospitable, and friendly. What I'm saying is that we shouldn't always rely on stereotypes to characterize everyone who comes from a city or a small town. There is good and bad anywhere you go and living in Podunk could be great for someone depending on the personal and religious beliefs. I want to have a family someday but I don't want to be in a place where they believe all women should stay home barefoot and pregnant nor do I want to be in a place where no one values marriage and family either.HardKnockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188805912579205968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-3167299998200187142010-04-20T12:56:47.238-04:002010-04-20T12:56:47.238-04:00Maybe some of YOU don't belong in a big city. ...Maybe some of YOU don't belong in a big city. Not everyone does. I know for a fact I'd be miserable in a Podunk area or a small town; I grew up in a small city & was miserable. When I visit, I can tolerate it for about 2 weeks before wanting to leave.<br /><br />I actually wrote a rant entry about how career advice websites are trying to tell EVERYONE to live in small towns & ignoring personal happiness factors. Here's a newsflash:<br /><br />1. NOT EVERYONE wants to have babies. That's certainly not something I want to do w/my time. My husband & I have sisters who have done that multiple times; I also happen to LOVE my career.<br /><br />2. NOT EVERYONE wants to get married. Some people don't. I figured I'd be single since no one would be able to really put up w/my non-traditionalism or make me happy for life. Luckily, I met someone who felt the exact same way. If I didn't have him, I wouldn't want to be married w/a marriage just like the typical ones I hear about.<br /><br />Sounds like Anonymous #1 didn't live in the South b/c you'd rethink the comment about idiots if you saw & heard some of the things I have. There's no cutesy way to endorse racism, banning of abortion clinics by busybody religious hypocrites, religious discrimination, being "friends" w/someone then trashing the person behind his/her back, etc.<br /><br />Different strokes for different folks. When YOU have the privilege of seeing someone's spirit & soul die day after day from living someplace (s)he hates, THEN you may talk to me about how where you live doesn't matter. Until then, do what makes you happy & stop trashing big city residents for not joining you on that journey to that farm in Kansas.Film Co. Lawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11995928421833366660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-89775623565377167492010-04-20T12:25:48.233-04:002010-04-20T12:25:48.233-04:00I personally cannot wait to leave my big city. I ...I personally cannot wait to leave my big city. I am so over spending twice as much on practically everything and getting very little in return. My plan is to get more and more country the older I get- eventually when my school loans are paid off maybe I will have a small house in Podunk somewhere with a small organic garden, a couple of chickens laying me eggs and a goat or two for fresh milk.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-58702601149847916782010-04-19T19:20:13.745-04:002010-04-19T19:20:13.745-04:00There are parts of big city life that I absolutely...There are parts of big city life that I absolutely love and parts of small time life that I love. I know people who can live in the city and never leave. I like to live in the city but I need to get away every once in a while where the air is clean and there aren't people bumping into you wherever you go. My goal is still to leave Podunk eventually because the jobs I want are in the city but I agree that many city dwellers feel that they are smarter or better than people from small towns. I think the attitude has much more to do with elitism and social class than with politics. A lot of the people in the "left wing media" also supported Bush II, invading Iraq, and corporate bailouts.HardKnockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08188805912579205968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5452025352696285200.post-76014537541275595762010-04-19T16:42:43.770-04:002010-04-19T16:42:43.770-04:00Big city types have themselves convinced by an ena...Big city types have themselves convinced by an enabling left wing media that they are somehow better, somehow smarter than suburbanites and those living in "flyover" country. The hard fact is that folks living in cities marry later (if at all), have fewer children, have higher divorce rates and live embittered, cold lives. They are an affront to American society, not the other way around. Don't ever fall for the big city lie. I grew up and lived in New York City for most of my years and living there was a disease from which I suffered for far too long.<br /><br />Through my experience, I've come to believe that big city dwellers are the true idiots, not their suburban/podunk counterparts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com