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sure, it's great if you can afford the leisure, but 60-80% of americans can't, and it's irresponsible (at best) to ignore that.

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I realize this, yet, the fact that I can afford this leisure is largely due to my personal choices of forgoing some of the luxuries these people afford.

I sympathize with those who are affected negatively by the situation, but I wish, for example, those who decide to buy a larger car would also sympathize with those who prefer clean air and less noise.

i agree that frugal living is the bee's knees (i do it myself!), but nobody likes a wagging finger over an extended hand, especially if you construct a dichotomy simply for that purpose.

If you want clean air and less noise then you should have moved to the country side where those are plentiful.

Telling people in the city, that you decided to move to, that they should be conscientious of your decidedly non-city wants, is kind of pretentious.

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