• Osirus@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    2 years ago

    I live in a small town outside pittsburgh about 45 mins. I lived in a city my entire life from 18 to 36. I bought a house here and it’s quiet, but holy shit the people here are ignorant AF. When I say ignorant, I don’t use that term like rude, I mean literally dumb and uneducated. NO ONE around here can even spell. Fb is hilarious with the spelling they come up with or they will use a word that sounds similar to the big word they are trying to use but not quite right. Some day, I’m going to compile a list. They hate any race that isn’t white, they are misinformed, religious in thought but drinking every night, TERRIBLE parents… I yelled at my neighbor because her 3 year old son was half a mile down the road playing by himself on a 30 foot tall dirt pile and she was nowhere to be seen. When I yelled at her she said and I quote “iz he not allowed down thur or somethin?” I called the police and they came and told her she had to be outside when he was outside and she has been ever since. I’m sure she hates parenting. Trump support everywhere especially after he’s now a convicted rapist. It’s insane. I’m pretty outcast, i speak out when I see dumb shit, especially people selling these stickers. I call them white trash. People who know me personally respect me and I’ve won 1 or 2 over but man it’s exhausting. Had to buy a few guns when shit was getting real scary with the rednecks wanting to overthrow the govt. I’m surrounded by rednecks with guns. I miss the city. Sure there are all types of shitty people but atleast you get culture, good food, beautiful views, activities. We drive up every so often but it’s not the same. If our house wasn’t so big and beautiful and old compared to what I would get in the city for 3x the cost, I would move. Fuck these hillbillies.

    • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’m starting to think there might be a reason some people assumed I was a racist redneck when I argued why I like small towns more than cities. Is that seriously what its like in some places? Here you will see the occasional truck covered in trump stickers but that’s pretty much it. There’s plenty of different cultures and views here. Not as much as a city of course, but that’s as expected.

      • Osirus@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        2 years ago

        It’s OK to like small towns, but most of the people who live in small towns, never left and have no aspirations to. It’s particularly evident with some of the more uh… shallow gene pool folk. They are so backwards, they know they would get ridiculed around people outside of their comfort zone, which I’m sure they would. They hate “pretty people”. City people are usually pretty people and there is like a weird level of jealousy based around that. I live in what used to be a steel town and when I tell you that everyone who lives at the bottom of the hill have mental issues and all have kids that have learning disabilities, I’m not joking. Heavy metals HAVE to be the cause of so many issues in small towns. There are kids here with growth deformities, 10 miles away there is a nuclear dump that is just chilling in the middle of a residential area. Tons of people got and get cancer there, people continue to live around it and die. I have no idea why lol. It’s insane. The govt put up signs but they aren’t even noticeable. If you drive past, my wife had to point it out. It’s fucking NUCLEAR WASTE. Seriously… I’ve been in fights with a lot of my neighbors over the way they treat their children. My neighbor across the street has 2 kids and 1 black step daughter from his wife’s other marriage, I feel so bad for her. One day I was outside and a group of young boys came up the street with a football, they were about 14. The dad was outside and from across the street I could hear them saying N*gger very loudly. The redneck dad just ignored it. He probably thinks the same thing and is embarrassed by her. I was shocked he just turned away and ignored it. If I ever heard that again, I’d say something l, I should have to make him look bad bit I really didn’t expect him to NOT say something. I pack heat everywhere I go out here, there was a crazy redneck yelling about Biden with a gun last summer at the ice cream stand. He got arrested but if I was there with my kids and someone pulled a gun, I’d have to pop them. Never had that happen in the city. Shits real in the battlefield.

  • arthurpizza@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 years ago

    I’ve lived in the city most of my life. Had a friend that lived in the country that told me to come out and visit. He was convinced that I needed to buy a gun because how dangerous it supposedly is.

    I shit you not, the next morning he was threatening his neighbor with a gun. Turns out there is a ton of crime in the country. Nobody has a job so they constantly steal from each other.

  • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world
    13·
    2 years ago

    People where I live now are genuinely afraid of the city for sure. There is some merit, but only if you go looking to step in shit.

    For me, I’m largely desensitized to city stuff from a lifetime, and I’m tired. I don’t like it anymore.

    • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Nah, you did bad research. 🤨 But I do like that video. That’s a henley, henley definition: A collarless pullover shirt, characterized by a round neckline and a placket about 3 to 5 inches long and usually having 2–5 buttons. It essentially is a collarless polo shirt.

      Country clothing is usually very simple, practical. Like the henley. It is a far too convenient piece of clothing to be owned by any one group! 🙂 I don’t like henleys, I love henleys. Just don’t wear it in combination with a dumbass cowboy hat. 😂 Or camo. 🤢

  • Lyricism6055@lemmy.world
    10·
    2 years ago

    I’m not scared of cities, but there is something to be said about being able to get away from people…

    Riding my bike in the city is way more annoying than when I ride on a gravel/dirt road in the countryside with animals and scenery

    Also those f150 dudes crack me up. I can count on one hand the number of those I’ve ever seen hauling anything

  • Stinkywinks@lemmy.world
    6·
    2 years ago

    They are all so tough until they actually have to be around people. Then they gotta strap up to get a slurpy.

      • Dojan@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 years ago

        Haha, I get why it’s being downvoted. It could sound like I’m endorsing the attributes of the costume.

        I was just poking fun at the fact that all halloween costumes come in a “normal” version and a “sexy” version that’s just tighter fitting and less dressed.

  • Beowulf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I hate cities because of the amount of idiots driving there. If it were harder to get a driver’s license then I wouldn’t mind at all

  • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    2 years ago

    I don’t blame anyone for being scared of specifically american cities. They are genuinely a nightmare. That’s why I live in a town of about 15k people.

    • Sunforged@lemmy.world
      27·
      2 years ago

      Such a nightmare, my wife is taking our kids to a concert at the zoo today. So horrible! They will be taking a bus (pUbLiC tRaNsPoRtAtIoN), horrifying!

        • Sunforged@lemmy.world
          9·
          2 years ago

          And the public transportation is better in your 15k town? Your criticism is BS. Could it be better? Yes, our governments (federal/state/local) has failed the working class for decades upon decades. That’s not unique to cities and at least there is incentive to build transportation along with dense urban planning, you legit can’t do that in small town America.

          • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            2 years ago

            My bad I should’ve elaborated more. The problem is that the lack of good public transportation puts more people on the roads that shouldn’t be there. This is a problem in a small town too, but its much less noticeable because of the smaller population in general.

    • Zammy95@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 years ago

      The scariest part of going to the city is driving if you don’t do it often. That’s… All I can think of. I guess getting lost? I can do that in the woods too though

      • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 years ago

        The scary part is that driving is so chaotic in american cities. I drive a lot and its still awful to me. Even if you ignore how much less safe it is than a small town, it takes ages to get anywhere; and of course you can’t walk anywhere either because its all designed for cars. It is absolutely a nightmare compared to where I live.

    • ChillPenguin@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Lived in downtown Minneapolis the last few years. Still never felt unsafe walking around. Even with the uptick of crime. Safety is dependent on where you go within the city.
      As long as you don’t do anything stupid, you’re pretty good.

      But I constantly hear from the burbs and rural areas how it’s sO dAnGeRoUs.

    • Gamey@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      As a european I would be scared of America in general, I mean is a heavily armed Redneck neighbor really that much saver than a heavily armed street gang?