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

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Der_Einzige 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

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

	▲	dfee 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		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.

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dfee 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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.

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CPLX 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

> 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 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		Note that almost the entirety of their post is a quote, so probably they don’t have many additional details.

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bee_rider 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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