A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on reality TV

Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by a2tech on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @05:52PM (#31103529)

My wife grew up in the city, and I grew up in the country (not the pretend 'doctors commute to the city and have 10 acres they pretend to farm and raise horses on' but 'white trash, holy shit there's no work' county) and my wife is HORRIFIED by how much violence and random crime there is where I come from. My family still asks how we can live in the city since its so dangerous while meth heads are stealing anhydrous ammonia from fertilizer tanks and will shoot you without blinking if you get in their way just down the street from them.

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Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by grapeskin on Thursday April 21, 2022 @04:10AM (#31107051)

Yep. Born and raised in a picturesque small town. Went on to live in cities.

I know more than a few people in my small town who got arrested for burglaries and robberies. I know a lot of victims too. Rape basically isn't reported because if the neighbor's boy gets in trouble, that'll ruin the relations between half the town. There are the town drunks who got pulled over more times than you can count and eventually killed someone in a car accident.

You're passing by hundreds if not thousands of people in a few hours in a city. A methhead dancing naked on the street corner is going to catch your eye. The thousands of normal people won't.

In a small town, you're not seeing anyone at all some days. Maybe you're just passing by 5 cars. The opportunity to witness anything is lower.

Of course, plenty of small towns are nice and safe. But the ones that have any problems are proportionally going to be way worse, due to lower population.

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Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday April 20, 2022 @10:53PM (#31105595)

If it's anything like my experience in a rural town, they'll bemoan the dangers of the cities while Tom's kid got into meth and conned/robbed ten people they know, Dick's kid goes to the bar every night then drives home drunk to beat his family, and Harry's kid was hiding that he had HIV to sleep with several women in town.

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Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by a2tech on Thursday April 21, 2022 @07:51AM (#31108271)

Yup. My best friends dad would stop at the gas station every night after his shift (2nd shift at a foundry) to get a 6 pack of Labatt that he'd drink while driving home, get home and keep drinking. On a good night he'd smoke, drink more beer and eat warmed up dinner. On a bad night, he'd come home, keep drinking, and get into it with his wife and smack her around for awhile.

As an adult I realize why they always wanted me to stay over was he wouldn't lay into them while I was there. He'd just leave and go to brothers house. Or as we found out later, his girlfriends.

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Re:A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on realit... by hef19898 on Thursday April 21, 2022 @03:06AM (#31106735)

The devil I know.

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