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I'm wondering just what kind of person wants to live in an area with 8 million people? Even in a very small town like where I live, there is almost no privacy. No matter where you go, someone is behind you. Is it insecure people who thrive in such a sardine can? Do you have to be surrounded by thousands of people at all times to feel "wanted"? You don't feel smothered? You don't like being able to see the stars or hear the sounds of nature? Just what is it?
All you need to do is ask the people in NYC LA, and Chicago all the metros are over 8 million.. Im pretty sure they will explain it
Location: Mableton, GA USA (NW Atlanta suburb, 4 miles OTP)
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I'm wondering just what kind of person wants to live in an area with 8 million people? Even in a very small town like where I live, there is almost no privacy. No matter where you go, someone is behind you. Is it insecure people who thrive in such a sardine can? Do you have to be surrounded by thousands of people at all times to feel "wanted"? You don't feel smothered? You don't like being able to see the stars or hear the sounds of nature? Just what is it?
I live in the Atlanta metro some 5 miles OTP. We have horses living less than a mile away from us, the entire area is hilly woodlands (including our subdivision, where most houses have back-to-back wooded backyards), we can't near any traffic because of the relatively loud chorus of critters which live around us (tho in the winter it's admittedly discernible as a distant murmur), the view of the sky is actually pretty good just lying down in my driveway, and our house is far enough from those next to it that I'm certain the neighbors don't have a clue what my wife and I are doing at any given time.
Sometimes a large town provides more privacy than a small one, since you are much more likely to be "known" by people in a small town, and individual rumors are likely heard by a much more significant fraction of the population.
In a large metro, who would care about you besides your immediate neighbors, friends, and cow orkers?
You live in a country with over 300 million people in it. What kind of a person would do that? Why not live on Easter Island?
Dude, you are really getting ganged up on for pretty good reasons.
I grew up in a rural area so I can really appreciate the slower pace of life and being able to see the stars and hear the crickets and bullfrogs at night.
However, those of us with ambition or even just the curiousity to experience a different mode of life are confined and stifled by the limited opportunities for personal growth, education, employment, etc. offered by less populated places. With more people comes more of those opportunities. Sure, some folks move to cities to become more "secure" as far as who they are. Small towns can be notoriously intolerant of people who don't fit a certain mold. I've never known that moving to a larger city and being accepted into a social group that accepts them for who they are is a bad thing.
And honestly, you sound a touch misanthropic if you are worried about constantly being around people going about their daily business. If you want true privacy go buy your own island. Go for a hike in the middle of the woods.
As for me, it's all about balance. Does the city get to me occasionally? Yeah. That's when I head out to the countryside. I guess I'm lucky to have that option.
Solid Post. Small towns have way too many limits for me. Plus I like taking bits a pieces from what I see. Sometimes you end up seeing the same things over & over which gets to me. I get bored extremely fast. Small towns are cool to visit & bring some ideas back to the bigger city, but its harder the other way around.
I'm wondering just what kind of person wants to live in an area with 8 million people? Even in a very small town like where I live, there is almost no privacy. No matter where you go, someone is behind you. Is it insecure people who thrive in such a sardine can? Do you have to be surrounded by thousands of people at all times to feel "wanted"? You don't feel smothered? You don't like being able to see the stars or hear the sounds of nature? Just what is it?
It seems that Atlanta will have more than 8.3 million residents and 4.5 million jobs before the year of 2040.
Those are extrapolations based upon old economic paradigms and the "Artificial" economy that this nation has used to prop itself up the last several decades. That ponzi scheme paradigm is what the extrapolation is based upon and in NO WAY will the next 30 years be like the last. Much of Atlanta economy was based upon population growth and residential and commercial real estate. Also, issues of water, congestion and a whole lot of other factors will slow growth in Atlanta as well. Booms and bust run in cycles. Some areas boom while others bust then some areas bust while others boom. I think the boom is over for America in general....as well as for places like Atlanta. I think high density areas will reemerge as the most cost effective places to be in the future of 10 dollar a gallon gas.
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Those are extrapolations based upon old economic paradigms and the "Artificial" economy that this nation has used to prop itself up the last several decades. That ponzi scheme paradigm is what the extrapolation is based upon and in NO WAY will the next 30 years be like the last. Much of Atlanta economy was based upon population growth and residential and commercial real estate. Also, issues of water, congestion and a whole lot of other factors will slow growth in Atlanta as well. Booms and bust run in cycles. Some areas boom while others bust then some areas bust while others boom. I think the boom is over for America in general....as well as for places like Atlanta. I think high density areas will reemerge as the most cost effective places to be in the future of 10 dollar a gallon gas.
No, no, no, and no.
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