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Having lived in both areas, cities make people crazy. Everyone spends so much time trying to stand out. Look at my fashionable clothing. Look at my exotic sexual identity. Nobody is comfortable in their own skin. There are no consequences to bad behavior because people are disposable and reputation is unimportant when there are 10million other suckers that don’t know you’re a dirtbag.

I don’t think we’ve evolved to live among millions of people.

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Having lived in both areas, small towns make people crazy. Everyone spends so much time trying to fit in. Look at how I go to Church with the community every weekend. Look at how I partake in gossip and publicly shaming freaks. There are severe consequences to even harmless behavior that's abnormal because people don't have enough going on in their lives when there aren't more than 10 other suckers that are smart enough to move out of a toxic area.

I don't think we've evolved to live in small groups.

Hey,me too! I grew up near Mendon, spent the last 35 years in city of Denver! I'm qualified too!

I say the opposite: most urban dwellers just take it easy. You don't have to conform to whatever ideals your small town holds. There are freaks, but they don't demand your participation in their freakery. Live and let live! Living in a small town is suffocating if you're at all different.

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