Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming

Re:Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming by nitrogen on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @12:43PM (#26877094)

The key is assimilation. If you move into a place with the goal of becoming one of the community and understanding and blending into the local culture and economy, people will be a lot more accepting. If you expect everyone to get out of your way, expect them to fight back.

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Re:Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @08:10PM (#26883712)

>The key is assimilation

I think assimilation is too unprecise of a word.

In the context of these discussions nobody ever complains about foreign immigrants with a small army of kids running around and they're (at least initially) as un-assimilated as one can be. Heck, they might not even speak the language.

Meanwhile everyone agrees that Karen the corporate lawyer who shows up and promptly gets to work building a fence, calling in noise complaints and narcing on everyone for ordinance violations and unpermitted work is in the wrong.

I'm struggling to put my finger on exactly what it is but there's this disdain and unwillingness to respect local norms that makes the latter example of a newcomer toxic and unwanted (and IMO it seems to correlate strongly with wealth of the newcomer).

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Re:Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming by mavelikara on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:10PM (#26879808)

> The key is assimilation.

Agreed, but it goes both ways. "We welcome your money, but please keep your opinions to yourself", isn't a great way to assimilate new migrants. Also, see top comment by Mark Watson.

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Re:Small cities in America’s Mountain West are booming by giantg2 on Tuesday April 20, 2021 @03:39PM (#26880330)

True, but the ones you hear about are usually not just sharing their opinion, but trying to force that opinion on someone else, and usually rudely (think Karens).

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