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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by VLM on Sunday March 19, 2017 @09:27AM (#13906900)
The last people to the pyramid game are the suckers, so there's little motivation to commit financial suicide so a boomer can cash in and retire in wealth by selling to you.

Also the overall standard of living is lower in cities than in rural areas for non-1% job categories. You'll make maybe 10% more money while paying 20% more and living in higher crime and worse conditions as a welder, for example.

Its not even clear for "computer people" that the overall standard of living is better in a city. We all know there's only one politically correct thing to say about urbanism, but there's a difference between being required to say under social duress vs actually is.

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Re:Suicides in Rural America Increased More Than 40% in 16 Y... by dashundchen on Sunday March 19, 2017 @10:34PM (#13911290)
>¤We all know there's only one politically correct thing to say about urbanism, but there's a difference between being required to say under social duress vs actually is.

I'm not sure what this means, can you expand on this?

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