On May 12, 12:46 pm, Dane Buson <
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> In rec.bicycles.misc Pat <[email protected]> wrote:
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> > On Apr 26, 10:51 pm, Eric Vey <[email protected]> wrote:
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> >> And when people say, "Can't be done, there must be a better way" you
> >> chime in with "Well I don't understand what the fuss is about, I don't
> >> have any trouble."
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> >> That's egotistical.
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> > The primary difference is that you (and others) keeps saying things
> > like "if YOU lived..." or "if YOU did" or "people should..." or "the
> > world would be better if..." and I say things like "I think that I
> > will...".
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> > You think the whole world revolves around you and that other people
> > should comform to your thoughts. I think that I like living how I
> > live, living where I live and doing what I do. Liking my life doesn't
> > make me egocentric -- if makes me sane. You think "I don't like such
> > and such and people should change to correct it". I think that if I
> > don't like such and such, either I change it or I change myself. It
> > is because I think that you have the right to live as you like (within
> > reason and the law) and I'm fine with that.
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> Quite so. I wouldn't particularly want to live where you do [1], but I
> don't quite understand all the condemnation you get for liking to live
> out in the hinterlands.
Most people don't understand anything about "the hinderlands" like
that we have cars and can go to cities if we need to. Therefore we
have access to the same doctors and hospitals and malls and shows and
such. It's not like we have to hitch up horses to wagons to get
anywhere.
We also have TVs and cable and internet and such.
Most people also don't understand that lots of "vacationlands' are in
rural areas. I just live here year-round instead of for a week in the
summer.
But the most mis-understood thing is that we have everything here (or
within a reasonable distance or through e-commerce) that I want.
Okay, I don't have a 24-hour Sushi restaurant, but I don't WANT that.
We don't have a 24-hour grocery or 24-hour drug store, but so what. I
don't want Cheerios at 2 AM. There is everything you want, here. You
just end up wanting different things.
But I understand that this isn't for everyone. But I like it. But if
you like a city, good for you. You might want Cheerios at 2 AM. It
takes all kinds.
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> Do I think that the shifting economics of our times mean that it will
> become less desirable to live farther out? Yes, I think it will, and I
> don't necessarily think it's a bad thing. But I also think it will be
> (or at least should be) a gradual transition spurred by economics and
> changes in social norms. The exact same way we ended up with suburbs
> and exurbs we have now.
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> [1] Being the glittering urbanite that I am.
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> --
> Dane Buson - [email protected]
> Unfortunately, most programmers like to play with new toys. I have many
> friends who, immediately upon buying a snakebite kit, would be tempted to
> throw the first person they see to the ground, tie the tourniquet on him,
> slash him with the knife, and apply suction to the wound. -- Jon Bentley- Hide quoted text -
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