I live in a more rural area these days and I can tell you I have to interact with people a lot more. Back when I was in a city with millions of other people within spitting distance I never interacted with anybody. These days I can’t walk my dog without having to have five separate instances of small talk.
I don’t mind NPCs, it’s the people who sort of know me that are inconvenient.
They ain’t good people. Assuming we’re talking about the US, 50% are hopeless opioid addicts and the other 50% want the police to kill the homeless opioid addicts
We’re not talking about the US and they are mostly good people. The town mostly votes social democrat, if you’re curious.
I just don’t want to talk to them about the same three things every day, and many days I would love to just walk around with my doggo and play fetch while I think about my own stuff without being social for thirty minutes.
That’s on me, all I’m saying is if you’re not into the “everybody knows who you are and intrusively talks to you all the time” thing the rural area is WAY worse for your introvert needs.
I sit on a field on a daily basis and people still talk to me.
People think small towns are like a house over here and a house all the way over there and you don’t see anybody unless you try. They’re not. They’re like a small segment of a city. You just keep bumping into people you know instead of strangers because there’s less of you and you all go shop to the same store.
I mean, they are over here. I assume Americans probably have a different read on the matter because they’re weird and they do weird things.
Cities are cities, though. You don’t talk to anybody because you don’t know anybody. I haven’t been able to change my coffee order in my usual place here because the waiter just brings me my usual without me saying anything now. In a large city I could order a fizzy enema for breakfast and nobody would bat an eye.
It’s not that one is better than the other, but if you want anonimity and social isolation? It’s cities all the way.
I live in a more rural area these days and I can tell you I have to interact with people a lot more. Back when I was in a city with millions of other people within spitting distance I never interacted with anybody. These days I can’t walk my dog without having to have five separate instances of small talk.
I don’t mind NPCs, it’s the people who sort of know me that are inconvenient.
I still feel like that is better then being just a number in a city. Real relationships with hopefully good people
They ain’t good people. Assuming we’re talking about the US, 50% are hopeless opioid addicts and the other 50% want the police to kill the homeless opioid addicts
We’re not talking about the US and they are mostly good people. The town mostly votes social democrat, if you’re curious.
I just don’t want to talk to them about the same three things every day, and many days I would love to just walk around with my doggo and play fetch while I think about my own stuff without being social for thirty minutes.
That’s on me, all I’m saying is if you’re not into the “everybody knows who you are and intrusively talks to you all the time” thing the rural area is WAY worse for your introvert needs.
Hey, happy that you’re a social butterfly, I am not particularly excited about real relationships with anybody. At least not all the time.
I prefer when it rains and I’m the only one out, but that’s just me.
You dont need to be. Sit in a field and dont talk to anyone and you can still be the only one out in the rain.
I sit on a field on a daily basis and people still talk to me.
People think small towns are like a house over here and a house all the way over there and you don’t see anybody unless you try. They’re not. They’re like a small segment of a city. You just keep bumping into people you know instead of strangers because there’s less of you and you all go shop to the same store.
I mean, they are over here. I assume Americans probably have a different read on the matter because they’re weird and they do weird things.
Cities are cities, though. You don’t talk to anybody because you don’t know anybody. I haven’t been able to change my coffee order in my usual place here because the waiter just brings me my usual without me saying anything now. In a large city I could order a fizzy enema for breakfast and nobody would bat an eye.
It’s not that one is better than the other, but if you want anonimity and social isolation? It’s cities all the way.