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re: Small towns better
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:07 pm to justaniceguy
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:07 pm to justaniceguy
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What state are you looking in? There are nice, safe, small towns in every state in the south.
I'm not looking to move currently, but I've seen enough small towns in LA. St. Francisville is decent, can't think of any other town in LA that I'd want to live in.
Somewhere like Fairhope Alabama comes to mind as a smaller town that is nice, but that's all I can really think of in the South.
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Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:07 pm to RougeDawg
quote:have you not seen deliverance?
If you break down in a redneck area, they will help you get a tow or fix your vehicle.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:09 pm to lgtiger
I grew up in a small town (15k Pop)in Southern Arkansas. I've lived in large, medium, and small cities. As I get older I find that I want to go back to a small town.
When I was younger, I liked the entertainment options offered by larger places.
When I was younger, I liked the entertainment options offered by larger places.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:09 pm to notiger1997
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Just go ahead and say it.
Black people vs white people. LOL
Not true at all. My “community” is about 65/35 white, and if you break down or have a flat tire around here, it’s much more likely to be a black person who stops to help you.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:11 pm to SuperSaint
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Too bad there isn’t a Sonic on tPenninsula
there was The Salty Seal, and I was waiting there with knuckles up
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:14 pm to High C
quote:gross
My “community” is about 65/35 white
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:27 pm to SuperSaint
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My “community” is about 65/35 white
gross
Is someone forcing you to come live here? If so, gross.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:34 pm to lgtiger
The city I live in has 350,000 people making it the perfect sized place for discerning members of the OT.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:37 pm to Epic Cajun
Cartersville, GA but don’t tell anyone
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:39 pm to cypresstiger
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:41 pm to lgtiger
Belmont, NC is just about perfect. Great little downtown, 10-15 minutes from the Charlotte airport (American hub), 15-20 mins to downtown Charlotte. US whitewater center is ten minutes away. The only drawback is the schools, while solid, are not up to the level of other suburbs like Marvin/Weddington/ Ballantyne/Davidson, and its proximity to Gastonia.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:43 pm to Epic Cajun
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Why does a place have to be inferior just because it's small? Don't get me wrong, there are a ton of small shitty places around here (see my previous post), but it doesn't have to be that way.
I grew up in a really small, rural community, <5k. My experience there taught me that people there were living in such a bubble that they failed to see beyond it. Rigid ideology was rampant and anything foreign was hated.
Then you have the the lack of genetic diversity in the pool causing a lesser breed of human over time. Because you see, much of the human stock in these towns is the same families that stay there, few new people move in and out.
This post was edited on 9/30/22 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:56 pm to The Third Leg
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Then you have the the lack of genetic diversity in the pool causing a lesser breed of human over time. Because you see, much of the human stock in these towns is the same families that stay there, few new people move in and out.
Unfortunately, this is true.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 4:59 pm to Epic Cajun
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This post was edited on 10/1/22 at 10:15 am
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:14 pm to TigerBlood17
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Cities offer more jobs and opportunities. Your income is capped in a small town just by the volume of the money supply. Income potential is far greater in a big city. You can commute, but that takes away from your quality of life.
That depends on your line of work. Some small city jobs such as certain health care jobs pay way more than the big cities. Plus, the big cities have a much higher cost of living, more traffic, more violent crime, etc. You will pay way more for a smaller house and property in a big city than a small city.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:20 pm to cahoots
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Small, isolated places are breeding grounds for ignorance, insularity, and prejudice. Turns out that introducing new blood and new ideas to a community is important.
Bigger cities are a breeding ground for ignorance. They will force their ignorant homosexual beliefs, trandsgender, atheist, racist indoctrination that white people are the devil, and other idiotic, hateful, racist, and radical liberal beliefs onto you.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:25 pm to CoyoteSong
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They will force their ignorant homosexual beliefs, trandsgender, atheist, racist indoctrination that white people are the devil, and other idiotic, hateful, racist, and radical liberal beliefs onto you.
Sounds like college.
Posted on 9/30/22 at 5:27 pm to deeprig9
quote:a lot of them would consider going back but their income/QOL would take a huge hit
syndrome. The kids that grow up there that are worth a shite move on and have no desire to come back
Posted on 9/30/22 at 6:26 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
Many of them come back in their 30s and 40s
Posted on 9/30/22 at 9:34 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:|
I lived in Lexington once for a while. Not for me.
I was raised in Ashland. Going to Lexington was going to the big city for us when I was a kid. I was amazed by Turfland and Fayette malls. In my minds eye, I remembered New Circle Road to be just like I-285 around Atlanta. Then I got to go visit Lexington for work last year. New Circle Road is nowhere NEAR the size of I-285 around Atlanta! I had forgotten it had traffic lights as well.
Ashland was 30,700 when I was a kid in the 70s. In the 80's the population dropped to 24,000, then as low as 17,000 in the nineties and early 2000s. I like the size of Ashland, but I'm pretty sure that's not a place I want to live again. It was a great place to grow up, but there's not much going on there since Armco Steel was sold and Ashland Oil moved to Lexington in 1980, plus I like it a good bit further south so I don't have to deal with snow every winter.
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