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Those comments don't sound snarky unless we are missing the tone. And yeah, a lot of my family and some longdistance friends do get jealous of where I, or rather my parents, live. I think it has a lot to do with the grass is greener on the other side.
I use to think that people where smarter and more well rounded in large cities like NYC, Chicago, DC and San Francisco. When I had the opportunity to live in Chicago I found out different. People are people regardless of where they are from. Intellect doesn't always come from a place. When I lived in the Raleigh Durham area of North Carolina, I met many smart & very sophisticated people. I know some young people in the rural south who run successful businesses, have passports, travel the world and have advanced degrees.
I do know that cities offer many things but when people get into their daily grind of working, dropping kids off at daycare, church, football league, life is becomes very similar to what people experience in smaller cities and towns.
I use to think that people where smarter and more well rounded in large cities like NYC, Chicago, DC and San Francisco. When I had the opportunity to live in Chicago I found out different. People are people regardless of where they are from. Intellect doesn't always come from a place. When I lived in the Raleigh Durham area of North Carolina, I met many smart & very sophisticated people. I know some young people in the rural south who run successful businesses, have passports, travel the world and have advanced degrees.
I do know that cities offer many things but when people get into their daily grind of working, dropping kids off at daycare, church, football league, life is becomes very similar to what people experience in smaller cities and towns.
Very much agree with this. There could be people who are more exposed to various things, but I also find the average person, even if they live in a big city, aren't on average actually exposed to as much as they think they are. In NYC and Chicago, two big cities I have lived, people will tout being in a city that has a ton of different cuisines for example, but when it comes down to it the average person doesn't know as much as they think because they aren't actually exposing themselves a lot to these things either on purpose or indirectly. They just like to brag that they're from a city with Nigerian food or something but never actually eat out at a Nigerian restaurant or have friends from the country/culture. Of course, there are many people who are in fact exposed, but on average this is what I've found. They will brag that they're from a place with 10 art museums, but only go to a few of them once per year.
yes.
openly.
i live really close
to a world-class hospital complex.
Saudi Sheiks and Google Gazillionaires
come here for ROUTINE appointments.
of course, no one in my family can afford it.
but...they are jealous i'm 18 minutes away.
I use to think that people where smarter and more well rounded in large cities like NYC, Chicago, DC and San Francisco. When I had the opportunity to live in Chicago I found out different. People are people regardless of where they are from. Intellect doesn't always come from a place. When I lived in the Raleigh Durham area of North Carolina, I met many smart & very sophisticated people. I know some young people in the rural south who run successful businesses, have passports, travel the world and have advanced degrees.
I do know that cities offer many things but when people get into their daily grind of working, dropping kids off at daycare, church, football league, life is becomes very similar to what people experience in smaller cities and towns.
Very good assessment. I completely agree. Stereotypes are very hard to break.
yes.
openly.
i live really close
to a world-class hospital complex.
Saudi Sheiks and Google Gazillionaires
come here for ROUTINE appointments.
of course, no one in my family can afford it.
but...they are jealous i'm 18 minutes away.
Why is that something to be jealous of? You or your family can’t afford it, so can’t take advantage of it.
I live close to the OP in Orange County, CA. All of my family (6 siblings) grew up here but is now out of state, and not one of them has anything good to say about SoCal except one. One sister moved from Lakewood (Long Beach) to Oklahoma a few years ago, and she would give anything to come back. So would her kids. They especially love the weather here and despise the OK weather. Plus, there is a serious lack of amenities close to where they live, so they have to drive everywhere, and they don't like that.
My other siblings mostly make snide comments about traffic, smog, heat, lack of (their preferred style of) trees, cost of living, politics in California, etc. and say they're so glad they moved away when they did.
My husband's brother also grew up here, but lives in Germany. He and his family also frequently talk about the great SoCal weather, but they also brag about the benefits of living in Germany.
I have a few family members and friends who are jealous that I escaped Northern Ohio. I only moved 6 hours South into Kentucky, but while they are getting feet of snow in the snowbelt of Ohio, it has not snowed once this year in Central Kentucky. Some of my friends are jealous of the recreational, boating, hiking-rock climbing and camping opportunities where I live and the milder weather, compared to Northern Ohio.
I find Kentucky to the best kept secret of the Southern States and hope it stays that way and I think some of my family has finally realized this as well.
Every place is what you make of it. If people are constantly saying they're jealous of where you live, it wouldn't seem that they're making the best of where they live.
In some areas and in some situations, you can't polish a turd no matter how hard you try.
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