1/ Urban life is cash flow intense. Rural life is capital intense.
( @vgr opinion per like challenge)
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5/ I should have said #1 in terms of stocks and flows because it applies to more than just money. Rural life is all about stocks, urban flows.
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6/ You’re going to become at least occasionally involved with a church whether you like it or not.
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7/ Urban churches are about religion. Rural churches are primarily social institutions.
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8/ It takes a while and is harder to find your people, but you can do it.
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9/ The rural environment is much more holey than urban. Lots of little enclaves and pockets.
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8.a/ Don’t get me wrong, rural churches are also about religion but they have a huge social function. Reposted for threading purposes
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11/ There are more local businesses in urban areas. Local business exists in rural areas but mostly sustained by tourism. Chains and mega corps are the dominant businesses.
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12/ This an obvious one, but get into podcasts or audiobooks because you will be driving ALL THE TIME
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13/ You are surrounded by farms but the produce at the grocery store is worse. Buy direct from the farmer.
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14/ Urban to rural move requires a lot of intention. You generally have to create anything you want to happen, be it developing your land or becoming part of the community.
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15/ You don’t have to worry about packages getting stolen off the porch. You do have to worry about rats eating the wiring in your car.
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16/ social class is much more evident and stratified in rural areas even though there is probably less overall inequality
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17/ The trope is that city people vacation in the country and country people in the city. Once you’ve lived in both you can see how they each bring their normalization bubbles with them.
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18/ When you live in the city you live in a graph connected by transit and airports. In rural areas you live on a plane and come to realize AMERICA IS FUCKING HUGE
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19/ Travelling away from the city is like travelling back in time. Literally. The future is here it’s just not evenly distributed. Damn right.
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20/ Nature and it’s destruction are much more evident. The artificial environment of cities hides this reality to an extent.
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21/ A mono crop field is every bit as bleak as a parking lot.
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22/ Fringe folks in rural areas seem way more out there. I don’t know if it’s privacy, more area to operate, or just the contrast with a much more conformist culture.
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