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LisaM

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16. Sure, if it's small town versus big town.

Reply to lumberjack_jeff (Reply #14)

Tue Nov 29, 2016, 06:03 PM

Nov 2016

I get that. I've lived in both. I actually like small towns, although I like a little more variety in my life than the same, say, three restaurants can offer me.

I don't understand why anyone would want to move to Seattle (or San Francisco, for that matter) while completely disregarding the forces that built and informed the culture in those places. Why would you move to either town if you just wanted the working waterfront sanitized? Why would you move to San Francisco if you didn't feel an affiliation with the writers who lived there, or with the Beats? Why would you come to Seattle if you didn't want to live in a slightly gritty city with deep labor roots?

That's what I don't understand.

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WHY MILLENNIALS ARE AVOIDING SMALL-TOWN AMERICA [View all] pstokely Nov 2016 OP

Right. Because nothing illustrates "freedom" better than paying 2 bucks/sf monthly rent. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #1

Diversity does, though. Hortensis Nov 2016 #12

The dialectic writ large lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #13

This is reality, not silly dialectic. Can the ignorance and go read? Hortensis Nov 2016 #15

I have no alternative than to know all about what you and other city dwellers think. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #17

And that is why many flock to the cities dbackjon Nov 2016 #24

"Edge cities" on the periphery of old urban areas have been the focus of growth for a couple decades FarCenter Nov 2016 #2

kinda yes, I prefer to live in more diverse communities which means city life but.. JHan Nov 2016 #3

Cities are becoming less diverse, too. LisaM Nov 2016 #5

Yeah it's bad in San Francisco JHan Nov 2016 #21

Oakland's not far behind SF Lonusca Nov 2016 #25

This is happening in Seattle - big time - it's not the city I moved to. LisaM Nov 2016 #4

I lived in Seattle off and on from late 1950's to 1980's..... dixiegrrrrl Nov 2016 #8

I don't even know WHY they want to live here. LisaM Nov 2016 #10

I lived in Seattle (Mountlake Terrace actually) for three years 30 years ago. lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #14

Sure, if it's small town versus big town. LisaM Nov 2016 #16

Is quality of life measured in the number of restaurants nearby? lumberjack_jeff Nov 2016 #18

No, not really - just an example. LisaM Nov 2016 #19

Or, the fact that many of the progressives LEAVE, and the left-behinds dbackjon Nov 2016 #27

It's happening here in Los Angeles too. Initech Nov 2016 #9

Sad melman Nov 2016 #26

Interesting. I suppose it makes a certain amount of sense, MineralMan Nov 2016 #6

Because it sucks. alarimer Nov 2016 #7

"Brain Drain" is a real thing. Who'd have thunk our glorious U.S.A. could ever be so afflicted? hunter Nov 2016 #11

This old man likes my acreage outside of town. panader0 Nov 2016 #20

Here's why I moved to Los Angeles: taught_me_patience Nov 2016 #22

We all strive for different things. SQUEE Nov 2016 #23

Freedom Lotusflower70 Nov 2016 #28

"How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm. . ." DinahMoeHum Nov 2016 #29

I suspect they avoid it for the same reason most of the rest of us do. BigDemVoter Nov 2016 #30