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i think this is why i don't get it: growing up in the middle of nowhere taught me that nature can fuck you over in an instant multiple times and living in suburbia gave me a cold & painful dose of reality when it comes to solitude.
i suppose it looks nice if you've never experienced enough of the dark sides of nature and solitude.
I used to live alone in the forest like that and I loved it. I can’t wait to move back.
Yeah, nature can fuck me over but as long as I don’t have to deal with anyone I’ll manage.
nature isn't as bad as people; you can atleast try to prepare of it.
out in the middle of nowhere, people can and do make sure that you can't prepare for them.
Sad part living next to ppl in city with hoa feels like a prison.
The awful air Mugging Packages stolen Noise Never see a tree or stars Can't do jack all without gossiping hens Etc
Humans need a good balance but many just want to see if grass is greener on other side.
this makes the most sense to me because that's what i did. life had taught me that being queer, autistic and brown is boring AF in urban enough environments; but it REALLY makes those hens gossip in the country side and the ppl forcing you to conform because they refuse accept your true expression of yourself is a prison of its own. to make matters worse: that 1 factory; 4 MASSIVE beef & pork farms; and plantation that employ 80% of the population will fuck up your air & water worse than the city thanks to a friendly local government that gives them passes. having to drive 5 hours to the nearest water source, to spend another 2 hours filling up, and then another 5 hour drive back every month is galling when there's a natural stream nearby that the local gov't makes illegal to take from.
i wanted to see if the grass was greener in the core of several cities and found that, yes, very much so for someone like me.
You write about (a quite shitty) reality, but the picture is somewhat of a dream, everyone is projecting their own wishes all around it. Running water, electricity, in the vicinity of supermarket/restaurant/pharmacy… it’s all there, in magic country land.
I am also a city person. I love disconnecting for holidays, but then I am back with similar minded friends, in a city with all city commodities and I don’t think I would switch.