[CPLX]

I took my kid to school in Downtown Brooklyn on the subway today. It was great.

New York is great and the subway is amazing. I remain mystified by what I see people say on cable news or podcasts.

Or maybe everyone secretly just really loves strip malls, who knows.

[dfee]

From a website I read last night:

> Mountain Life

> I love the fact you can drive down the road and wave at friends you know.....and hell you probably will be drinking a beer with them later that day. I love the fact everyone is pretty laid back and neighbors know each other..Anyone for BBQ?. I enjoy the fact I can chill out relax NOT hearing the city noise. I love the fact at night you can look up and see the night sky and here coyote's screeching in the background. I respect the fact I grew up in an environment that was NOT surrounded by pavement and was NOT surrounded by buildings. There was endless landscapes and forests of exploration. I could find any tree and build my fort. I could spend hours hiking with my dog and find no end. I could take a nap in a field of grass and not worry someone would cross my path. The Santa Cruz Mountains have so much to offer and I feel like there is so much to learn about them.

https://santacruzmtns.com/About.html

[bee_rider]

A bit weird they decided to include some barbs about how their environment was NOT like some city, even when trying to be positive.

[Der_Einzige]

Living rent free in their minds. New Yorkers don't think about them at all, just like the scene from Mad Men.

[dfee]

I think you're right. It's strange getting into a taxi and seeing NY1 – there really is minimal consideration of the rest of the country.

[dfee]

Me? I was just providing an alternate perspective that life beyond the boroughs is not just strip malls.

I've spent a bunch of time in Manhattan. Cumulatively, many months of my life. It's a fun experience, but I'm not interested in raising my kids there.

[CPLX]

> just providing an alternate perspective that life beyond the boroughs is not just strip malls.

It kind of is. Where'd you buy your charcoal? Did it have a parking lot out front and two stores on either side of it sharing the same overall building?

Of course there are exceptions, maybe you're one of them. But they are so small numerically as to be irrelevant. The vast majority of the country is living nearly all their personal life in tract housing and their commercial and social life in a strip mall. I've travelled a lot, just calling it like I see it.

Regardless of all that though, if you like it then great for you!

My comment above was just noting that city living is fine. I keep seeing in the media that NYC is scary or dangerous or something and that's fucking ridiculous, it's not.

[bee_rider]

Note that almost the entirety of their post is a quote, so probably they don’t have many additional details.

[bee_rider]

Not you, the person you were quoting. They are the one that decided to include all the “NOT” stuff, right?