Those of us in the reality-based community sometimes struggle to understand the world view of the more "eccentric" members of this forum, but perhaps this new study will shed some light:
I live in a rural area, but if I don't get out and about with some frequency I do go a little stir crazy. A couple of weeks ago the wife and I caught the traveling production of To Kill a Mockingbird with Richard ("John Boy") Thomas as Atticus Finch. The packed house gave the performance a standing ovation, it was a wonderful experience.
"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'" -Isaac Asimov
There are so many factors that go into mental health, and so many variations on rural and urban living that it's impossible to control for them all and make any conclusions on rural vs urban.
Wasn't John Boy the first closet q u e e r on a TV series? He always acted a little light in the loafers to be part of a backwoods farming family in Appalachia.
Sounds like the key to happiness is living in an apartment in the city, Uber or public transport and grub hub delivery. Where you CAN piss off of your porch, 16 stories above the snap dragons.
Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.
Those of us in the reality-based community sometimes struggle to understand the world view of the more "eccentric" members of this forum, but perhaps this new study will shed some light:
I live in a rural area, but if I don't get out and about with some frequency I do go a little stir crazy. A couple of weeks ago the wife and I caught the traveling production of To Kill a Mockingbird with Richard ("John Boy") Thomas as Atticus Finch. The packed house gave the performance a standing ovation, it was a wonderful experience.
That is some impressive virtue signaling. lol I read the book from our library when I was 12 and we had a library in our town of 800 growing up. There has a huge migration out of urban areas by Americans due to onerous taxes, failing dangerous schools, and high crime and a general rot of our culture
Wasn't John Boy the first closet q u e e r on a TV series? He always acted a little light in the loafers to be part of a backwoods farming family in Appalachia.
Wasn't the actor who played Grandpa Walton gay, also?
What if one moves to a rural area to get away from the craziness they lived in for years?
IS that a sign of good mental health, or poor?
The schiedt some folks write, and others read, has never failed to amaze me.
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
Wasn't John Boy the first closet q u e e r on a TV series? He always acted a little light in the loafers to be part of a backwoods farming family in Appalachia.
Wasn't the actor who played Grandpa Walton gay, also?
And a full fledged card carrying bolshevik
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Ever heard of granges? For example? Dances? Churches?Folks that really grew up rural (generational) know that sense of community has been a thing for as long as there’s been people.
A city bitch that bought a spec home in the “rural” housing development is only going to post from a position of ignorance.
All the old families around here are pretty tight. Many are kinfolks. New arrivals, with the exception of a very few, with the 4 acre ranchettes can be some goofy bastids!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
They might have included Indian reservations and arctic villages in the rural part of the study. If I was trapped in one of those places I would be depressed, anxious, and suicidal myself.
Patriotism (and religion) is the last refuge of a scoundrel.