Rural flight

[Deleted]

You want to be close to work? Live in the city.

You want to have access to services 24/7? Live in the city.

You want to get an education? Well, schools at distance are becoming more common but most people prefer to be in the cities and that's where the education facilities are.

You want your children to become academics? Stay the fuck away from rural areas.

Is there like any reason to live in the rural areas unless you enjoy spending time with grannies or have an emotional connection to underdeveloped areas?

[Jayburner]

In my country Ontario we have go GO Transit. it is pretty cheap to get to college and back from rural areas.

[Chelly]

Is there like any reason to live in the rural areas unless you enjoy spending time with grannies or have an emotional connection to underdeveloped areas?

Beautiful landscapes and fresher air. Also more relaxing - in my biased opinion.

[RoryTee]

I have friends who live in the more rural parts of Ireland , that being said. You can travel the length of my country in 8 hours.

[Shadowmelded]

There's something to be said for tranquility but personally I can only deal with it in short bursts (but when I do I always come away feeling refreshed). I think I'd go crazy if I was confined to either the city or rural living indefinitely.

[vastx]

I deplore urban areas and sprawl. Sure, everything is convenient, but all those people. Not worth it in my opinion.

[Benitora]

City's in general are to noisy. To many people. Which is why I prefer living more secluded, but not so much that it takes me several hours to get to the closest market.
I currently live 15 minutes away from the closest market by car, if I'm driving at 80km a hour at average.
And my job is only 20 minutes away by car, if I'm driving at 70km a hour at average.

I just prefer the silence of the countryside over the noisy city.

Edit:
Regarding the Article:
And as someone who lives in Norway, the educational system is in heavy need of change. I sincerely doubt it's the Rural areas fault that the grades are low, and I do also doubt that games are at such a huge fault.

The schools are just simply dull. A teacher who's extremely good at teaching Math, gets stuck with teaching History, a subject he or she may not be well versed in at all, and the vast majority of our homework is reduced to simply memory games. The ones with the best memory, gets the best grades. Making a push more towards practical rather than theoretical plans would help our educational system by far more, than just simply moving into the City's.

[Darsithis]

There are surely plenty of great educational facilities in rural areas. You also don't have to live in a large city to get access to 24/7 services. Hell, some parts of downtown Chicago close in the evenings and weekends, like River North, which is the north edge of downtown. It's a ghost town at night.

[Blueobelisk]

You're acting as if someone in the country can't hook up internet and be just as much of a recluse living on their computer as someone who lives in a city apartment.

Which is probably a large minority of this forum.

[Deleted]

I don't understand this "tranquility" that rural areas supposedly have. I sit in Malmö (pop. ~300 000) right now, in the central area, and I literally hear nothing but me typing on my keyboard, even with my window open.

[Sunseeker]

Why do people keep making these retardedly stereotying threads?

[Deleted]

Why do people keep making these retardedly stereotying threads?

Stereotyping?

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[Darsithis]

I don't understand this "tranquility" that rural areas supposedly have. I sit in Malmö (pop. ~300 000) right now, in the central area, and I literally hear nothing but me typing on my keyboard, even with my window open.

There is more to tranquility than no sound, such as: fresher air, less people and crowding, larger expanse of free land, greater diversity in wildlife and flora, less need for security, and usually a more relaxed approach to life and time.

Stereotyping?

The stereotype that being in a rural area means being cut off from civilization. It's not true.

[Deleted]

There is more to tranquility than no sound, such as: fresher air, less people and crowding, larger expanse of free land, greater diversity in wildlife and flora, less need for security, and usually a more relaxed approach to life and time.



The stereotype that being in a rural area means being cut off from civilization. It's not true.

Tranquillity is subjective.

Sitting in a Cafe reading some papers is more tranquil than my woodland hikes. At least to me.

[Zoaric]

You want to be close to work? Live in the city.
Or live on your farm.
You want to have access to services 24/7? Live in the city.
Plenty is open in my town throughout the day, this varies by any place, not just city
to country.
You want to get an education? Well, schools at distance are becoming more common but most people prefer to be in the cities and that's where the education facilities are.
There's plenty of schools not in cities.
You want your children to become academics? Stay the fuck away from rural areas.
All that says is that it's more likely that the pupils, primarily male, will chose a vocational
education- it doesn't even specify by what percent. "In a rural community some pupils may
choose a vocational rather than academic program because they want to be close to family,
friends and community”
Is there like any reason to live in the rural areas unless you enjoy spending time with grannies or have an emotional connection to underdeveloped areas?
If one prefers a simpler way of life, enjoys peace, quiet, more freedoms, likes livestock,
farming, firearms, etc.

Just my two Silver Eagles.

[Spectral]

I grew up rural and have no love for rural areas. I dislike suburbs and exurbs much more though. Urban density with bikeable, walkable, liveable areas is where it's at.

[Deleted]

The stereotype that being in a rural area means being cut off from civilization. It's not true.

I never implied it was cut off, more than it is more convenient to live in the city.

[Deleted]

I never implied it was cut off, more than it is more convenient to live in the city.

Cars don't exist?

[Darsithis]

Tranquillity is subjective.

Sitting in a Cafe reading some papers is more tranquil than my woodland hikes. At least to me.

But my point is that tranquility isn't just "no sound". It includes so many other things that are usually specific to each person. To me, tranquility is found in nature, which is why I go camping for a few days 4 or 5 times a year. It gets me away from the hustle & bustle of downtown Chicago (where I live) to the "real world" outside.

[Spectral]

I deplore urban areas and sprawl.

Urban and sprawl are concepts that run contra to each other. Tall, dense cities are a solution to sprawl, not a cause.