Big City Folks

[JollyMisanthropeParticipant 3356]

This thread is just to satisfy my curiosity when it comes to what people find appealing about living in a large city.

Specifically those who actually live in the city proper and not on the outskirts. Preferably those that live in the states.

I know convenience in regards to the proximity to certain places is one, but I mean the environment, the vibe, the mindset, etc.

Personally, as I’ve said many times, I hate big cities. People always tell me that it’s a melting pot of different cultures, but when I’m in the city it just seems completely lifeless. I just don’t see what they are talking about.

So what keeps you living in the city?

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[Anonymous 29]

I live part time in Sydney Au, population 3.5 mill, two to three months of the year and it’s a love hate relationship.
More of hate, otherwise I would be there all year around. No point going into details.

[Anonymous 11]

My city is just medium 500k in the metro area, but has the character of a vastly larger city i.e restaurants, stores, bars, crime, etc.

I get asked this question all of the time. I enjoy the variety of choices. Everything is 24/7 you don’t have to live by others’ schedules. The smaller towns around me literally shut down by 9:00PM.

I find that rural folks are scared of our crime while we fear the log trucks and snakes. I also notice that the inlanders who come here have a terrible fear of sharks. I won’t swim in fresh water because of those brain eating amoeba things. Americans are terrified of Australia’s critters.

We adapt to our environments Being the only white guy walking/driving through the hood at 1:30AM and doing what it takes to not get harassed is a skill.

Some people love it, and some people hate it. Large US cities like Chicago and New York just have an energy to them.

[Anonymous 42]

New York City, Albany, Boston, Hartford, Waterbury, Bridgeport, Springfield, Worcester, Lowell, Dedham, Brockton, Providence, Schenectady, Buffalo, Rochester: ALL S~~~HOLES I TRY TO AVOID LIKE STEPPING IN S~~~! These are the classic “left wing ding” New England S~~~ies, I mean Cities……
I have a friend in construction that has to look out for dis guarded hypodermic needles, in fear that he could become infected, The cities where liberal politicians, and the masses that suck governmental tit, triumph the cause of feminism and equality, and blame all that is bad on the conservatives that live like human beings in an environment that is conducive to productive living, and personal responsibility! You know, the people that believe in limited government, not the unlimited government liberals have in place where poverty has exploded during their 30 to 40 year absolute reign. The overseers of gynocentric thinking and the rubble it creates! Like I said, STEPPING IN S~~~!

[Anonymous 11]

@Tower-You’re right about the left wing SJW crap. We’ve got it here too. There are places that will throw you out if you aren’t PC. I’ve had it happen a few times over the years.

[DethklokParticipant 153]

I live in a suburb of a big city, and I couldn’t imagine it any other way. A big city has too much going on between the tourism, traffic, clutter, and crime. A rural area is just boring. I don’t want to have to drive a half hour just to get anywhere, and still be limited in choice.

[Soldier-MedicParticipant 2566]

I live in Austin. The rate of population growth in the metropolitan area had become rediculous. The surrounding cities have become de facto suburbs to the Austin metroplex.

This has meant that a whole host of assholes and weirdos from all across the nation have just shown up to this city to, and I’m not kidding, “Make a go of it”. This city is supposed to be the Music Capitol of The World. They could move it to Lubbock tomorrow and I wouldn’t be the least bit disappointed. They have build a Formula 1 race track, South by Southwest lasts for two weeks, Austin City Limits is a week long. And the dumb asses voted DOWN a rail line from points south to the city center that would have been employed to relieved traffic on already existing rail lines. The alternative that these geniuses used to distract from the issue was to build a double deck highway on Loop 1 that would have cost $1 billion per mile.

I can’t wait till I’m finished raising my two youngest so that I can pack and GTFO. I would do it now but my divorce decree demands that I stay in the county.

Edit.

We also have issues with every SJW idea that comes down the pike like a turd careening down a sewer line. There was a transsexual homeless man, Jennifer Gale everyone just thought he was just the most precious thing. That ran for public office multiple times. And don’t get me started about Leslie Cochran. I could go on and on about this city.

I like Texas just fine. It’s all of the damned transplants that come here that are making it a difficult place to live. The rate of traffic fatalities has skyrocketed and if I need to commute across town the time has just about doubled.

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[JollyMisanthropeParticipant 3356]

I live about 10 minutes either way between two small cities. They have all the chain stores and mom and pop’s places, movie theaters, shopping mall and all that s~~~ but I’m off of the highway and back into the woods. I need trees around me, preferably giant evergreens and lots of them.

I have no interest in living in bum-f~~~ nowhere, but the developed, everything looks the same, sub-divided neighborhoods with not enough distance between each other area is a place I would hate to live in.

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[RennieParticipant]

Anonymous wrote:

New York City, Albany, Boston, Hartford, Waterbury, Bridgeport, Springfield, Worcester, Lowell, Dedham, Brockton, Providence, Schenectady, Buffalo, Rochester: ALL S~~~HOLES I TRY TO AVOID LIKE STEPPING IN S~~~! These are the classic “left wing ding” New England S~~~ies, I mean Cities……
I have a friend in construction that has to look out for dis guarded hypodermic needles, in fear that he could become infected, The cities where liberal politicians, and the masses that suck governmental tit, triumph the cause of feminism and equality, and blame all that is bad on the conservatives that live like human beings in an environment that is conducive to productive living, and personal responsibility! You know, the people that believe in limited government, not the unlimited government liberals have in place where poverty has exploded during their 30 to 40 year absolute reign. The overseers of gynocentric thinking and the rubble it creates! Like I said, STEPPING IN S~~~!

Buffalo is definitely ghetto. I remember wondering if all of America was that bad when I crossed the border there years ago.

[John Woods 13Participant 2855]

Appealing:
1. almost limitless choice of products, services, leisure activities, information, human interaction.
2. work/monetary opportunities

Appalling:
1. Lack of space and freedoms
2. Traffic
3. Human filth
4. Crime

Of course each of these could be explained in detail, but overall I am steadily moving away from downtown towards the outer burbs and will eventually end up in a small town (not village) within reach of a big city (for convenience). So far I lived: Downtown->Residential city proper->Suburb

The answer is NO. “I could but I won’t”. Memini murum!

[Anonymous 42]

Rennie wrote:

Buffalo is definitely ghetto. I remember wondering if all of America was that bad when I crossed the border there years ago.

Hey Rennie, It’s not all that bad, Salt lake, Houston, Dallas, and other “new cities”, “conservative cities” are not in a state of destruction (yet). The whole northern U.S has become a rust belt of epic size, from Gary Indiana to New York State.
Things you’ll never see in the leftist media, they endorse the leftist politics that originate from these places. The home cities of leftist femocrats are all in a state of utter ruin, but the happy music and happy pictures play continuously on an endless loop through mass media. Otherwise known as Smellavision!

[RoyDalParticipant]

JollyMisanthrope wrote:

I live about 10 minutes either way between two small cities. They have all the chain stores and mom and pop’s places, movie theaters, shopping mall and all that s~~~ but I’m off of the highway and back into the woods. I need trees around me, preferably giant evergreens and lots of them.

I have no interest in living in bum-f~~~ nowhere, but the developed, everything looks the same, sub-divided neighborhoods with not enough distance between each other area is a place I would hate to live in.

Me too. I’ve loathed the city since I can remember. I was born a country boy. A country boy with internet and major appliances of course.

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[MattNYCParticipant 2329]

John Woods 13 wrote:

Appealing:
1. almost limitless choice of products, services, leisure activities, information, human interaction.
2. work/monetary opportunities

Appalling:
1. Lack of space and freedoms
2. Traffic
3. Human filth
4. Crime

I agree with most of what JW wrote, excepting lack of space. At least for me it’s not an issue – i don’t need much, as long as my corner of the world is mine.

I also like that NYC is full of people who are similarly hard-charging when it comes to their professional commitments. It may not be the healthiest attitude, and i won’t be that way forever, but i enjoy what i do, and i enjoy pushing it.

Also don’t need to own a car – parking, insurance, maintenance, gas, etc. they all strike me as headaches above their world. When i lived in PA i commuted 2.5hrs per day for several years. That was more than enough time in a car. At least trains/subways/buses someone else is taking care of that & i can do other things.

One more – aesthetics:
People are generally more stylishly-dressed in NYC. And definitely more fit – it’s pretty easy to distinguish between the people who actually live here (relatively fit), people who commute here from NJ/CT/LongIsland (overweight, but not morbidly so), and tourists from middle-America (big is putting it diplomatically).

[JollyMisanthropeParticipant 3356]

MattNYC wrote:

John Woods 13 wrote:

Appealing:
1. almost limitless choice of products, services, leisure activities, information, human interaction.
2. work/monetary opportunities

Appalling:
1. Lack of space and freedoms
2. Traffic
3. Human filth
4. Crime

I agree with most of what JW wrote, excepting lack of space. At least for me it’s not an issue – i don’t need much, as long as my corner of the world is mine.

I also like that NYC is full of people who are similarly hard-charging when it comes to their professional commitments. It may not be the healthiest attitude, and i won’t be that way forever, but i enjoy what i do, and i enjoy pushing it.

Also don’t need to own a car – parking, insurance, maintenance, gas, etc. they all strike me as headaches above their world. When i lived in PA i commuted 2.5hrs per day for several years. That was more than enough time in a car. At least trains/subways/buses someone else is taking care of that & i can do other things.

One more – aesthetics:
People are generally more stylishly-dressed in NYC. And definitely more fit – it’s pretty easy to distinguish between the people who actually live here (relatively fit), people who commute here from NJ/CT/LongIsland (overweight, but not morbidly so), and tourists from middle-America (big is putting it diplomatically).

Makes sense if it fits your personality. I just can’t see myself ever living in an apartment (at least one I could afford) in the middle of a huge city. I think the noise alone would drive me crazy. Not to mention the neighborhood probably wouldn’t be overly pleasant .

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[TaxGuyParticipant]

Grew up in a town of about 6,000, now live in the suburbs of a city of about 1million. One big difference that no one has talked about are the people themselves. I think small town people are generally nicer than city people. The anonymity provided in a large city allows people to be assholes more often. There isn’t road rage in a small town the way there is in a big city because there’s a much greater probability that you will be sitting next to each other in church on Sunday. In a small town, if you do something stupid on Friday night, everyone knows about it by Sunday afternoon.

Also, there is more hours in the day in a small town. No one says they commute in a small town, they just drive to work. It’s not an event in a small town. It’s a lost hour out of my day, every day.

I’m not sure which one of those two is “better”, I guess it’s a matter of taste. I do know that I won’t retire in a large city. I like the open spaces more than a crowded city. That said, I wouldn’t want to be too far away from a decent sized city (100K or so).

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[Anonymous 3]

MattNYC wrote:

John Woods 13 wrote:

Appealing:
1. almost limitless choice of products, services, leisure activities, information, human interaction.
2. work/monetary opportunities

Appalling:
1. Lack of space and freedoms
2. Traffic
3. Human filth
4. Crime

I agree with most of what JW wrote, excepting lack of space. At least for me it’s not an issue – i don’t need much, as long as my corner of the world is mine.

I also like that NYC is full of people who are similarly hard-charging when it comes to their professional commitments. It may not be the healthiest attitude, and i won’t be that way forever, but i enjoy what i do, and i enjoy pushing it.

Also don’t need to own a car – parking, insurance, maintenance, gas, etc. they all strike me as headaches above their world. When i lived in PA i commuted 2.5hrs per day for several years. That was more than enough time in a car. At least trains/subways/buses someone else is taking care of that & i can do other things.

One more – aesthetics:
People are generally more stylishly-dressed in NYC. And definitely more fit – it’s pretty easy to distinguish between the people who actually live here (relatively fit), people who commute here from NJ/CT/LongIsland (overweight, but not morbidly so), and tourists from middle-America (big is putting it diplomatically).

No way man, most of NYC is fat and old. Average woman here is 35+ and 15 lbs overweight. You might notice some models in the fashion district, but you’re ignoring the majority.

Most fit people in America are in SoCal. Way more sun, way more commitment to fitness. In NYC how would people even exercise? The gym? Yoga? While eating fatty processed foods?

SoCal has space to run and healthier food, plus sun actually causes weight loss. You need Vitamin D3 from the sun, which is pretty much impossible to get in a city like NYC, also is an issue in London, Tokyo etc.

[MattNYCParticipant 2329]

Anonymous wrote:

No way man, most of NYC is fat and old. Average woman here is 35+ and 15 lbs overweight. You might notice some models in the fashion district, but you’re ignoring the majority.

Most fit people in America are in SoCal. Way more sun, way more commitment to fitness. In NYC how would people even exercise? The gym? Yoga? While eating fatty processed foods?

Hey Phoenix, didn’t realize there was another city guy here – when i first joined i figured i’d be the “odd man out” MGHOW’ing in a large city, but great to see there’s more than just one of us!

35+ & overweight? Damn man, where?! Doing lunch during the week at Lex & 40th is just a parade of fit, sexy secretary types. & near Natsumi in midtown west around the same time is very similar. I haven’t worked in the Wall St area in a couple years, but i always remember at least a few good looking office chicks there, of course watered down by plenty of post-wall career-wymyn – ugh.

Long-term plans in the city? I’m shooting to move to latin america in ~10 years, but will probably stay in town until then.

[Zuberi TauParticipant 10606]

I live in small city but I get the distinct feeling it won’t remain that way if the hipster trash keeps showing up.

[AncientwisdomParticipant 6089]

when I’m in the city it just seems completely lifeless.

I feel exactly the opposite – every suburb or country town feels lifeless to me. I cant stand retail strip malls and chain restaraunts with no authenticity. Soccer moms and suburban mcmansions.

I live downtown SD, CA. I love living downtown; but this “downtown” living is rather unique to most downtown living. In less than a 5 minute walk Im in the bay surrounded by yachts, some you can find on wikipedia because there worth north of $100MM, while I go for a walk by the ocean with gorgous hotels towering above me.

Everything I want is at my finger tips within a 4 square mile radius. A steak at Mortons, Donovons, or Flemings? Less than 3 minute walk to each. All you can eat authentic Brazillian meat bonanza? Check. Barber shop 2 minute walk. Hundreds of bars and happy hours all literally within a 10 minute walk for me, and no concern about a dui or taking a cab, all a short stroll away.

Ill go for a walk in the afternoon and I can hear the announcers at the ball stadium. I dont even like baseball but having the stadium in your backyard is amazing. They did an impeccible job creating it: it housed a historical building and they maintained its integrity. Ill buy a ticket just to grab beers, food and enjoy the scenery. Speaking of scenery – theres TONS of international people who either visit or have moved. Brazillian, French, Australlian, Latvian girls from every country. The Rolling Stones played at the stadium a few months back…Its anything BUT lifeless to me.

Theres also a train station downtown. I can hop on it and ride it all the way to Santa Barbara while sipping drinks and enjoying the ocean view the entire way, or get off anywhere in between. Hop off and enjoy a slice of pizza and beer by the beach and get right back on to either go home or to LA, or up to wine country.

Resident cynic.

[Anonymous 42]

@AW, Did you ever hear SILENCE before? When all the wildlife fled south or hibernated, the silence is literately deafening. Did you ever see the milky-way strip across the sky? The aurora borealis? Have deer looked at you, then gone back to grazing because they know you? Ever stare moose in the eye only 5 ft. away? Wolves howling all around you? A wolf run across a trail just in front of you? Ever have a bobcat growl at you for accidentally p~~~ing on him in the bushes below? Ever see an endangered species? Ever have a bald eagle eyeball you while climbing his cliff? Do you know the taste of game meat? Did a bird ever s~~~ on you? (not seagulls)
I’ve been in both places, I’ll take nature’s world over man’s any day of the week!

When I abandoned the city I too felt like someone dropped me on the face of Mars, but after much climbing hiking, and deep forest hikes, I gained appreciation for all sights and sounds of the forest.

The squealing of brakes, loud buses, car horns, roaring motorcycles, screeching train wheels, the thumping of tracks, and the ambient sound of jets and propeller aircraft is something every human should get away from just to experience the sounds of PEACE.

Below are pictures of my back yard in Vermont.

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