12
CrossPost - What Makes This Song Stink Ep. 8 - Jason Aldean "Try That in a Small Town" (yt.artemislena.eu)
submitted 10 months ago by scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to c/citylife@beehaw.org
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Cross posting this because I'm interested in the discussion over here.

One thing I don't understand from rural folks who don't like urban living is the absolute need to tear down urban living. I'm urban, I have a lot of friends who are urban, nobody I know who is urban just goes out and says "Woof rural living, that's a stupid way to live. Everyone who lives that way is stupid and dumb" like how rural "small town" folks speak about us city dwellers.

I mean, I personally hated rural living. I found it limiting, there was nothing to do, it was hard to get around, and I felt like gossip was just abundant. BUT I don't tear down people for choosing that life, urban living isn't for everyone.

I guess I just don't understand why it can't go both ways. Why small town people are always demonizing city folks.

The song here just highlights all of that. They have to treat cities as crime ridden hell holes, rather than just admit they are two different ways to live.

Canonical YouTube link

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] autumn@beehaw.org 5 points 10 months ago

i grew up in a very rural place (my parents’ land was literally a cornfield before we put a house on it, and every other neighbor was also a cornfield). i don’t miss the reliance on cars, the racist culture, or the loose dogs who bit me. but boy howdy i do miss trail riding on our property and being able to see all the stars at night. i’ve been a city dweller since i was 15 (35 now), and i can’t imagine going back to rural life.

this post was submitted on 18 Dec 2023
12 points (100.0% liked)

City Life

2114 readers
1 users here now

All topics urbanism and city related, from urban planning to public transit to municipal interest stuff. Both automobile and FuckCars inclusive.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
Butterbee@beehaw.org
aponigricon@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org