Grew up in a small suburb and a small town. Thought I would only thrive in a rural place b/c it’s what I knew. I was afraid of cities until I actually lived in one. Then after two years in Philadelphia I remember thinking one day “wow that’s weird, my depression and malaise have vanished.” 🤷♀️
Dannagal Goldthwaite Young
I think it's deeper than that. It used to be that middle America hated the cities and didn't want to live in them. Now they claim to hate them - but I wonder how much of that is hating on people who seem to live in a place that's better than their own. (FTR, I live happily in a small town.)
Tom Nichols
New York City is the most perfectly "American" place in the nation, just one wave of newcomers after another, gradually building up the culture, one remarkable cultural collision after another.
MAGA chuds hate NYC not because it's awful but because it disproves every lie they tell about immigration
Kevin M. Kruse
The Bengali Knicks poet and the Sikh dholi guys combined forces for a follow-up!
Now we just need the sewing machine guy and the ride a bike with stuff on his head guy to meet.
