Reply #28: Cities are nice, but

[pipi_k]

We can't force people to move to cities if they don't want to be there.

I myself live in a very rural location. I don't have a Hummer. Actually Mr P and I are retired, which means we don't need to travel anywhere each day. Believe it or not, there really is a sense of community out here in the savage wilderness. In fact, I would say that it's an even deeper sense of community by virtue of the fact that there are so few of us here.

I can go into the little town restaurant or grocery store and be recognized. I'm an actual person who gets a friendly "Hi, how are you?" as opposed to maybe a perfunctory grunt from a store clerk in the city.

When you're driving on the dirt roads out here, no matter who you are, you get a friendly wave from a driver going the other way.

When people need help, there's always someone there to help...not turn away because someone else will be along to do it eventually.

And there are always loads of social events going on out here...nearly everything that can be found in the cities, only on a smaller scale, and probably more fun, as well.


I guess what I'm saying is that people live in the woods or suburbs because they prefer to be there. If people wanted to live in the cities, they'd be there already...so any move to get people back to the cities would mean that many of them (us) would need to be forced to live in the city.

Except for the convenience of stores and medical resources, there's absolutely nothing in the city that appeals to me...

and probably many other people as well...

;)