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| Topic | I feel like America has become a very mentally unhealthy country |
| willythemailboy 08/31/25 12:22:09 AM #104: | Muscles posted... Why would suburbs make you lonely? There's a lot of stuff to do in suburbs. I imagine it's worse in rural areas where no one is around or in cities where there is too many people that its overwhelming and you have to keep your guard up at all timesI can tell that you're imagining rather than actually having experienced rural life. In my experience social cohesion is inversely proportional to population density. My dad passed away last year and the community support I experienced while cleaning out the house was more than I'd seen from 20 years of effectively suburban living. Everyone is friendly as hell. I saw people I hadn't seen since high school, who remembered me from high school or had siblings or spouses I went to high school with. It's both good and bad, of course, because everyone knows everyone and there are some things you can never escape or live down. It's great if you share the interests of the majority, but if you for instance couldn't care less about high school football you're going to be an outsider. --- There are four lights. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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