• Bloefz@lemmy.world
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      10 hours ago

      Agreed. I lived in a small town and hated it. I need the buzz of a city, the opportunities, always things happening.

      Also, in a big city you can find groups of people to fit with your identity however niche you are. In a small town it’s the opposite, you have to adapt yourself to them to fit in, they are very monocultural. I can’t do that.

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      14 hours ago

      I don’t disagree. It’s just that suburbia can’t continue to exist. If you can dig your own well and are going to provide your own power, et cetera, more power to you. Bua lot of places like that. Where there’s little opportunity, and far too much resources invested in minimally used infrastructure. Are unsustainable as they currently exist.

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        13 hours ago

        But nobody you was talking about suburbia. The guy above was discussing rural living, not suburban

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          13 hours ago

          Exurbia, I didn’t repeat the term and that tripped you up. Suburbia, exurbia/rural areas especially. Where you have to run miles of wire or pipe to service three or four people. Completely unsustainable.

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            Miles of wire is easy and low maintenance. Miles of pipes doesn’t make sense, but water is also not hard to localize. Miles of stroads is what defines suburbia. A rural highway with a driveway every 2-3 miles defines rural living and it’s perfectly sustainable. It would be better if the rural hubs were connected to cities via railroads, like they used to be, but still they aren’t too bad as is.