I grew up in the sticks and yeah, normalizing rural disgust for cities is not good. Even now I have had conversations with rural folks who simply will not believe NYC is not a crime ridden hellhole.
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
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People always use crime as their point of reference as a reason cities suck.
The reality is, rural people hate cities because:
- the smell
- the noise
- the cost (stupidly expensive to live)
- the lack of light
- unfamiliar landscape
- traffic is unbearable
- visible homelessness
The list goes on. Crime is just a sliver of what rural people hate about cities.
Honestly education is the issue.
Those people you’ve spoken to are most likely as dumb as a rock and I’m tired of tip toeing around it.
Bret Baier asked the right question. Kamala didn’t dare answer it