Any time I go to a large city im exhausted by being charged for doing anything. How do people have fun if theyre poor(the neat part, you dont, probably). And to make it worse many of them probably have a 1 bedroom apartment so its not like you can sit in there all day long (at least i cant).

I realize im still spending money by being in my house out of town, but still, at least things I buy are owned by me, and im not paying someone else every time I want to do anything. If I want to stay at home all day I have tons of stuff to occupy my mind without going nuts.

I figure 98% of lemmy users live in big cities so id like to hear this perspective!

  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
    72·
    18 hours ago

    You didn’t name a single thing that you’re being charged to do……

    What do you do outside of a city for free that you can’t do in a city for free?

    • nuggie_ss@lemmings.world
      21·
      15 hours ago

      It’s not free, but owning property is huge.

      Most of the city people will never own property in the cities they dwell in.

      If all you do in a major city is sit in your house and play on your computer, you could do that elsewhere without having to pays tens of thousands of dollars on rent.

      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.auEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        If all you do in a major city is sit in your house and play on your computer

        Sure, but that’s not what most people who live in the city do. They live in the city because of what living in the city gives them the ability to do.

        So the question still stands - What do you do outside of a city for free that you can’t do in a city for free?

        • Bluewing@lemmy.world
          1·
          3 hours ago

          Listen to the silence and breather far cleaner air with the subtle hint of the scent of pine trees. Actually see the night sky and all the stars. See wolf and deer tracks in my yard. Watch the pair of eagles nest in my trees. See a family of otters swim by in the lake and hear the call of the loons across the lake in the mornings and evenings. I can, and do, forage the forest right outside my door. I can pick berries and mushrooms in their time and seasons. Or maybe just sit and whittle a stick and drink a cup or two of nice tea.

          These are all things I can do for free. How many of those things do you have?