Or the people are just spontaneously dumb?

I mean, what’s the point of living in a gated community if you need to drive to places filled with poors to buy shit, or have a beer, or hook up with someone in your tax bracket, or etc?

These are places where to sleep but not to live, and they put them really fucking away from basic needs. C'mon at least just put a fucking grocery store with overpriced tomatoes

  • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    I just posted another comment about this here

    Suburbs suck ass and I wish america was laid out sensibly but I do think part of it is, it’s cheaper for the banks and developers to build shit way off and for people who can barely get into a home it’s live way out there in cookie cutter but reasonably sized home for a family or be in a cramped apartment or shitty ass single or two bedroom if you’re lucky house that’s incredibly old and poorly maintained. For people in my income bracket it’s one or the other, relatively decent house that isn’t breaking down, or near amenities.

    • SuperZutsuki [they/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      I'd take a 400 sqft studio in town over a 2000 sqft house. If I have to drive more than ten minutes to work I want to die. Ideally work would be 10-15 minutes by bike.

      • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Tbh I’m the opposite. I like having space for different stuff. It’s nice having a room for all of my work equipment.

        Tho I used to be like that til I got older and got a house.

        Really we shouldn’t be made to choose, at least not so drastically.

        • SuperZutsuki [they/them, any]
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          3 years ago

          I agree. I like space. It's just a lower priority compared to being near stuff. Not that it matters right now because I have no choice in where to live. I found the one person who doesn't do credit checks that isn't a psycho and I really can't move until I fix my credit. Love our capitalist credit system, so much better than China's evil social credit system.

          • Wojackhorseman2 [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            Understandable different strokes. I know people that leave way further out than I do and when I tell Them where I live they’re like “I don’t envy you that!” Every time lol

            I don’t really go out too much anymore and I’m not horrifically far from stuff. Maybe 15 minutes from anything, 30-40 to the city center. When I was on high school the nearest real town was over an hour away bc we lived in rural tx so comparatively I may as well be living next door to everything lol

            It is nice visiting places that are designed around people and not cars and I def see the appeal but I live just outside of Katy so :vivian-shrug: