• HubertManne
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      719 days ago

      oh yeah. every time I see that type of stuff I assume there is some bs around it. I’ll believe it when high rises start looking deserted like malls.

      • @shalafi@lemmy.world
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        119 days ago

        It’s both things. People like me are headed out to the country, most others are just piling up in the cities.

        • @TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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          118 days ago

          Yeah, eventually I’ll move out of the city too, but overall as you said the trend is more people moving to cities

          • HubertManne
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            118 days ago

            I mean this is a little surprising given wfh thing. You would think the trend would be reveresed. Personally I like a metro system.

            • @TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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              118 days ago

              I think people often get exhausted with cities at a certain age. I’m starting to want to sacrifice all that I like about the city over the crowdedness and general rudeness you observe while adjacent to so many people.

              • HubertManne
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                118 days ago

                I have been pretty lucky with really great neighbors so my trend has been the opposite as I age. Like when I was in college I was sorta like. I could really live here if there was only jobs out here. Now its like man, I really like not needing to drive.

                • @TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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                  118 days ago

                  Yeah, I hate driving. I wish that in my (very walkable) city, I didn’t have to, but I do sometimes. Today was a rough start due to having to drive around town.

                  • HubertManne
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                    218 days ago

                    I have to because we are outside of it now but when we could live there I could do anything without driving. We are just close enough that I can get to most places without driving but it takes much more work planning it out and is more of a pain overall.

        • HubertManne
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          118 days ago

          Well the country thing is a more recent phenomenon. I have been hearing about how everyone is leaving the state since the 80’s and it became a political bs talking point. We should be empty by now with the way they have talked over the decades.