On the highway, passing small towns, I sometimes question why we pay so much to be in the city when there is nearly unlimited affordable property everywhere else. Of course the more central, the closer to things, the less time getting anywhere. We aren’t really buying a location. We are buying time.
Tom Loughlin Pair a 60-mile round trip commute with a used Nissan Leaf that has at least a 100-mile range. Your 70-year-old self will thank me when you buy that affordable (now) property.
💬 John Philpin sometimes in LA (and Auckland now I think about it), it is quicker to drive ‘into the country side’ and then back in along a different road, than than taking the direct route ‘across town’.
Manton Reece @apoorplayer I had a Leaf a while back and still miss it. Looking forward to having an electric car again one day.
R Scott Jones you’re also buying a local community. There’s a reason that cities attract people, and it’s not just saving time by being closer to places they might want to go, but also the ability to interact with people and participate in culture.
scattershot @rscottjones I think you might be being a bit dismissive of rural culture here. There’s a distinct difference between the two but rural towns have a culture of their own as well. Maybe just not “pop culture”.
Daniel Jalkut R Scott Jones @scattershot they do, but it’s a whole different thing. Maybe I should have put cosmopolitan culture—but it’s something you can’t find in rural areas. It’s not just pop culture, but a mixing of ideas, traditions, commerce, and arts that has attracted people worldwide to cities for thousands of yrs.