Like, you're a 'city kid' because ur not rural, but like, you're not CITY KID CITY KID.

to keep it simple, let me give a concrete example:

person A is from New York City, while person B is from... well, the name doesn't matter now does it since they wouldnt be popular anyways.

Like a person growing up in NYC is probably like genuinely influenced by a rich culture... whereas person B growing up in some random midsized city probably just yoinked their culture from the internet european colonizers (not making a political statement just illustrating a point)

but the problem is that you're still a 'city kid'. you dont have any rural experience being a red neck or whatever - yet you aren't a CITY KID like think of the characters from rent.


Am i making sense or....? Mayube im just yappin but it makes sense to me in this moment.

a town kid?

Minneapolis is nice though

Rent mentioned, the absolute best musical of all time, hands down. A good example of the point you're making, too, is that more densely populated areas are more likely to have more diversity in of culture. Growing up in a small town in the middle of nowhere can probably feel suffocating at times. Your origins are nothing to be embarrassed about, either, though. You can still always learn about and acknowledge the cultural experiences of those from different backgrounds!

I don't get this thread

The way I see it, every place has a rich culture of some sort. Sometimes all you need to do is have an attitude switch; care about things that actually matter, and enjoy yourself wherever you are.

BRO IS NOT CITY NOR RURAL BOY LMAO

I wish I grew up in the middle of nowhere but I'm so glad I grew up in a small/medium city and not a concrete jungle.

Karmine wrote: 4i703u

I wish I grew up in the middle of nowhere but I'm so glad I grew up in a small/medium city and not a concrete jungle.

Same here, I'm grateful not to hear a car drive past my house for a full minute. City people won't get it.

Today all I was thinking about at my 9 to 5 office job was that I wish I was born in New York City (like yeah I'd probably have some boring 9 to 5 office job in NYC anyways but at least it would be on NYC.)

Abraker can we trade places irl?

Ashton wrote: 5q2y11

Today all I was thinking about at my 9 to 5 office job was that I wish I was born in New York City (like yeah I'd probably have some boring 9 to 5 office job in NYC anyways but at least it would be on NYC.)

Abraker can we trade places irl?

high ass prices but maybe the income will compensate

I mean I grew up in a middle sized city (not the main ones). So like I was one too.

great_elmo wrote: 3b3s4b

I mean I grew up in a middle sized city (not the main ones). So like I was one too.

Canada moment

I can definitely relate to this, but in regards to my ethnic and socioeconomic background, rather than where I grew up.

I am 50% Mexican hispanic on my dad’s side and 50% white on my mom’s side. I never felt “mexican” enough to relate to my dad’s side as a child, (most likely due to the fact that I didn’t learn Spanish and literally couldn’t communicate with most of them) and my mom’s side of the family was never big or close to begin with. It left me in this weird middle ground where I felt unable to relate with either side of my heritage. I think that innate lack of understanding myself in relation to my heritage made it harder to connect with other people as a child or something, idk.

I wasn’t white enough to hang out with the rich affluent white kids and I wasn’t brown enough to hang with the Hispanic kids. I don’t know if the other kids ever saw it that way, but there was always this internalized struggle of not feeling understood.

This eventually led to me seeking connections through online gaming and general internet culture, rather than through my ethnic culture.

being born (or being someone who currently lives) in a middle sized city is possibly the best thing ever

you have most of the commodities that a big city would have (i have everything in my case) without the constant noise and pollution that those tend to garner. it's the best of both worlds, and as someone who's lived in both big cities and villages so small literally no one i talk to knows where they are, i can attest to that