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taurath · 2016-11-16 01:15:15+00:00

Must be a different countryside than the one I grew up in.

minitoar | karma 1195 | avg karma 2.14 · | 2020-09-06 02:11:27

I guess not all rural places are the same.

Zababa | karma 5670 | avg karma 1.79 · | 2021-06-29 11:38:08+00:00

On the contrary, the countryside has a lot of appeal to me. For a few years we lived in a rather isolated house in Dardilly and I have fond memories of them. Not really the same experience as the countryside but I'm really glad I spent some of my youth here and not directly in the city.

Thank you for sharing that story, it's thanks to people like you that bring some new perspective I started to love my country for what it is.

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tpmx | karma 10347 | avg karma 3.04 · | 2023-10-15 16:06:25

When I lived in a city it kind of felt like that. Now I live in the countryside...

SV_BubbleTime | karma 1896 | avg karma 0.6 · | 2020-12-16 09:31:19

You do not seem to live in a rural area.

dghughes | karma 5153 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2023-05-06 14:09:27

Have you even been to the countryside? People live there.

fourmyle | karma 427 | avg karma 6.1 · | 2020-04-03 17:30:35+00:00

I grew up rural bet you didn’t.

beachstartup | karma 4364 | avg karma 2.07 · | 2016-04-09 23:00:53

you're describing a rural area, not a suburban one.

snerbles | karma 1752 | avg karma 3.36 · | 2022-06-23 13:03:10

It's interesting that your first assumption is suburbia and not an actually rural setting.

irrational | karma 16454 | avg karma 2.95 · | 2022-07-14 12:19:28

The thing is, I don't live in a rural area. I live in a suburb of a major city.

GordonS | karma 20012 | avg karma 3.02 · | 2020-03-28 13:11:13

Scot here. The countryside is open to everyone, and the "right to roam" makes it even moreso.

But I haven't seen much different in the rest of the UK - honestly, to claim the countryside is a giant retirement home seems absolutely absurd to me.

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kiriakasis | karma 408 | avg karma 1.31 · | 2017-11-08 16:40:24+00:00

what about the countryside?

jkot | karma 2164 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2015-04-25 07:37:46+00:00

I bet countryside is bit cheaper than a city or town.

cup-of-tea | karma 2319 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2018-05-01 06:57:35

In the UK that would be a town. Nowhere near rural. My parents live in a village with less than 100 people living there. That's rural.

VoodooJuJu | karma 2612 | avg karma 2.88 · | 2022-04-23 05:50:18

You've never lived in a rural area before.

cup-of-tea | karma 2319 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2018-01-10 08:20:12

"Some rural areas" is in reality almost every mile of road outside of towns. You've clearly never walked in the countryside.

Demoneeri | karma 213 | avg karma 4.95 · | 2018-07-13 08:33:46

No, countryside seems like prison to me. You have to drive everywhere, you have to shop at the only one shop with limited choices. The isolation, etc.

staticjak | karma 9 | avg karma 1.5 · | 2019-11-01 05:59:29

rural != common

lostmsu | karma 5641 | avg karma 1.11 · | 2021-06-27 14:49:10+00:00

Rural?

PKop | karma 4262 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2019-05-09 03:56:42

I think your geography had more impact than your era. Is your hometown much different than this today? Seems like the normal rural vs urban divide to me.