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miscsoc

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Mon Jun-28-10 04:27 PM
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Poll question: cities

Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 04:42 PM by miscsoc

would you prefer a more urbanised society or a more rural one?

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miscsoc

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Mon Jun-28-10 04:39 PM
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1. i'm a country boy myself

Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 04:45 PM by miscsoc

and hence my leftism has a definite (and irrational) ruralist tinge. I voted "death to cities".ww

edit: although i revised the options since "go cities" and "death to cities" were rather emotive.

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racaulk

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Mon Jun-28-10 04:43 PM
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2. At this point in my life, I would prefer to live in an urban area.

But I do realize that cities and rural areas both have their unique appeal and necessity in our society. :hi:

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jp11

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Mon Jun-28-10 04:51 PM
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3. Depends.

For continued population growth cities.

For sustained populations some rural/city/hybrid with a focus on a real community so everything isn't too far away.

For myself I want my own damn land away from neighbors so I can grow stuff, recycle, setup little critter havens and not deal with nosy lookie loos as well as work on my plans for global domination.

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Chan790

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Mon Jun-28-10 04:59 PM
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4. It's not even a question for me...

Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 05:00 PM by Chan790

I grew up on a dairy farm, left as soon as I could and have never looked back. I currently live right on the DC border in MD and it's too suburban for me, but so is the neighbrhood I work in (Adams Morgan) and that's as urban as DC gets most days. I miss my 3rd fl. walk-up on the LES of Manhattan and brunches with my film-coworkers in DUMBO and well...NYC. I miss NYC.

Go cities! Burn suburbia, burn! F*ck rugged agrarianism and the "protestant work ethic" of my Southern New England roots!

Cityboy 4 life!!

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miscsoc

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Mon Jun-28-10 06:57 PM
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7. Chan790, I swear I googled some shit like 3 days ago

Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 06:58 PM by miscsoc

And got one of your few blog posts as a result. Trippy. + now randomly i encounter you in a DU thread.

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Chan790

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Mon Jun-28-10 07:39 PM
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12. Oh dear...

Which blog? My DU blog or my personal blogs. If it's the personal one, I'm sorry.

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S n o w b a l l

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Mon Jun-28-10 06:18 PM
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5. Use to love cities and loved living in LA

but the older I get, the more I'd like to get back to my roots with land, horses and lots of animals.

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miscsoc

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Mon Jun-28-10 06:50 PM
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6. Did you grow up in a city, out of interest?

Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 06:53 PM by miscsoc

oh, and here's a good rural-chauvinist song

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1llpu_neil-young-country-home-1976_music

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S n o w b a l l

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Mon Jun-28-10 07:14 PM
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9. Grew up in the country....moved to the city when I was a sophomore in high school

And have lived in a city ever since.

This is where I grew up. 10 acres. Guess you wouldn't call this a farm, but we did have horses, cows and a couple pigs. Lots of woods and creeks to play in and ride horses, swim in the pond. I could go for a small bungalow now with about 1/3 of that land.

Thanks for the song. :)

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miscsoc

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Mon Jun-28-10 07:36 PM
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11. That place looks lovely, and in a very american way

Edited on Mon Jun-28-10 07:38 PM by miscsoc

Didn't have any horses - just sheep and cows (my friend's house used to be right next to a field full of cows, we taunted the bulls over the barbed wire fence at the far end of his back garden to amuse ourselves but they disappointingly failed to charge) but I had a lot of space to play in, big swathes of land where we could build elaborate bases and things, unsupervised and entirely safe. (well, safe from adult interference, anyway)

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Mike 03

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Mon Jun-28-10 07:07 PM
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8. Cities are good, but it's not obvious why until you move to a small town

I lived in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles for most of my youth, then moved to a small town in Arizona about eight years ago and even though there are beautiful things about living here, it has had a very detrimental effect on my life, to the point that I regret leaving the city and fantasize daily about travel, or moving.

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Throd

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Mon Jun-28-10 07:31 PM
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10. I love the suburbs!

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Commie Pinko Dirtbag

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Mon Jun-28-10 07:43 PM
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13. Progress = Cities. Nuff said.

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Mon Jun-28-10 07:46 PM
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14. I have lived in cities big and small, suburbs, small towns, and now rural area.

I would never go back to a city after living in the country.

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Skittles

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Tue Jun-29-10 03:37 AM
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15. I've lived city, rural and in-between

I'll take anything but rural

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Zorra

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Tue Jun-29-10 02:21 PM
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16. Cities are good because there's lots of people that live in cities,

so they're not in my space in the country.

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Mutley

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Tue Jun-29-10 03:53 PM
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17. I find it easier to remain anonymous in a city.

Everyone is all up in your business in a rural town.

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Tue Jun-29-10 04:16 PM
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18. Mostly I'd like to get rid of urban sprawl. nt

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