this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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Coming from Reddit, there were multiple car-related subs and they all saw some fairly heavy traffic with lots of posts and comments. Heck, even some of the model-specific ones seem to get more interaction than this sub does. What's the deal?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean I think it's just different strokes for different folks. There's a reason 9 million people live in NYC and 4 million in LA. I was in the military for a while and being stationed in very rural places were you could buy a mansion for like 200k was just depressing for me. You had to drive 20 mins to get anywhere, nothing "big" was ever happening in town, food options were lacking. I don't like guns or cars, which seemed like the biggest appeal for people to live out in the sticks. In the city I can walk 2 minutes to the grocery store, 5 mins to 10 different restaurants, 15 mins to downtown for big events. There's always something happening and I like knowing if I ever feel like randomly going out there's something random going on. And paradoxically I feel like living in the city you deal with people way less. No one talks to each other, everyone has something to do and we just ignore each other in pursuit of that. In small towns it was always a 10 minute exchange of pleasantries with the waiter before I could order a beer.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm glad options exist for everyone, I like to sample the culture of a big city but much prefer to avoid that rat race.