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by seanmcdirmid 1664 days ago
> but no one in a small town looks at NYC or SF and thinks it’s a successful, nice place to live.

The kids do, which is why these places suffer from massive brain/youth drain. The kids are bored in the small towns and see their future in a more exciting big city. Sometimes they are disillusioned and come back, often they don’t.