That’s my Dad. Hasn’t been to a big city in 20 years minimum. Still convinced Chicago/LA/New York etc are violent third world cesspools.
Comment on Do americans living in Red States really despise american living in Blue States?
revelrous@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
It’s mostly rural vs urban. Not uncommon to hear red small town people, who have never visited the blue population center of their state call it a crime ridden tax drain (lol) and vocally support secession.
Ep1cFac3pa1m@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I never expected this, but it’s happened many times:
I live in a small town and my daughter just graduated from college in Detroit. When I tell people where she went to school, many of them are like “OMG REALLY?” “Weren’t you scared for her?”
I just tell them “Not at all! It’s a really nice city, and she’s thinking of moving back out there!”
Which is true, and it blows their fucking minds.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Can you still get houses for $1 there? Worth going if true
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, but there’s a few around here under 100k
cymbal_king@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Those tend to owe a lot of back taxes and need significant renovations
scarabic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It’s weird because I have a vague impression that in prior centuries, tenants actively shunned and mocked rural folks aka “country bumpkins” and such. But these days it’s very much the other eay around. Rural folks are terrified of the city and city people don’t think about rural folks at all.
andyburke@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Meanwhile their towns are full of drugs and family annihilations.
I truly believe the rural population here has it 100% backwards regarding whether urban or rural areas are safer.
Go watch some bodycam footage. The wildest shit is all rural red state stuff. It is bad out there and they believe (very wrongly) that it's worse in the cities.
🤷♂️
RBWells@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My mom said she would never raise a kid in a small town because there is nothing to do except get in trouble. All her cousins either went to jail or got pregnant young, she figured a city has opportunities, summer jobs, libraries, rec centers, things to keep kids occupied and out of trouble.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
It would be less boring, that’s for sure
GreenBeard@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
You make a good point. I remember when I was about to start school, my parents moved us to a rural area because they felt it was safer for raising children. The house we moved into was two doors down from a meth lab on one side and a pedo on the other. That was in the '80s.
SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 weeks ago
I wouldn't call Washington "rural"...
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 3 weeks ago
Depends on where you are. There’s scary rural areas, it’s not all Seattle
WYLD_STALLYNS@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Of course, crime’s always going to happen when you take away resources and intentionally impoverish the citizens. But it gets even worse when the cops use a gun to solve every problem they come across.