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Skittles

(172,459 posts)
30. exactly
Thu Aug 14, 2025, 04:54 PM
Aug 2025

I have lived city and rural and what I notice about rural is that "we all know each other" shit is often we gossip about each other and eat our own.

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it's not just the crime rate Skittles Aug 2025 #1
Me too, I lived in NYC for years and people are very helpful and friendly. Walleye Aug 2025 #13
you nail it Skittles Aug 2025 #29
The Culture JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #21
Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2025 #2
And the small town values is mostly BS Cosmocat Aug 2025 #3
That has been my lived experience as well biophile Aug 2025 #11
I grew up in the South, which is often characterized as more polite than other parts of the country. Aristus Aug 2025 #17
A friend works in a major court system - I'll say it covers a lot of rural territory and leave it at that. hatrack Aug 2025 #27
exactly Skittles Aug 2025 #30
"Urban" is often a code word for Black people, people of color or low-income people. Heidi Aug 2025 #4
"Illegal Voters" Kid Berwyn Aug 2025 #14
I've long believed Trump's appeal to his MAGA followers Heidi Aug 2025 #15
Boom! JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #22
The biggest difference is the category; more RANDOM crimes in big cities. Callie1979 Aug 2025 #5
Random murders are extremely rare Johnny2X2X Aug 2025 #12
Apples and Oranges, of course TnDem Aug 2025 #6
59% of people in Alabama live in urban areas Kaleva Aug 2025 #7
Their bias is showing. Large city's tend to be more liberal. surfered Aug 2025 #8
I'd Counter With This Strawman modrepub Aug 2025 #9
The federal crime reports I've seen appear to calculate the rates on the basis of allegorical oracle Aug 2025 #10
Three reasons: racism, racism and racism. usonian Aug 2025 #16
EXACTLY! Heidi Aug 2025 #18
Sigh. We'll probably never know why Big Balls was beaten up. hunter Aug 2025 #19
I'm outing myself JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #23
This for the win. Add me to the "prove it" column. Heidi Aug 2025 #25
We don't know for a fact that he even *was* beaten up. Heidi Aug 2025 #26
He was at Dupont Circle at 4:00 AM . . . hatrack Aug 2025 #28
As well, the disparity of cost between white collar crime is extensive Torchlight Aug 2025 #20
Not a target! Nothing to see here, right? Heidi Aug 2025 #24
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