So Denmark have two cities in top 10, three in top 20 and four in top 30.
Not bad for a 6 mio population country.
Perhaps a financial and cultural center of the country isn't the hellscape that everyone in rural America thinks it is?New York is number 17? Seems like they missed a couple zeros in that number.
Personally I've moved away from both Copenhagen an Aarhus to live in a smaller town ~3500 people, as I prefer a more quiet neighborhood closer to nature. I grew up in the suburbs to Copenhagen.Perhaps a financial and cultural center of the country isn't the hellscape that everyone in rural America thinks it is?
Just because YOU don't want to live there, doesn't mean it's a terrible place to live.
Notice how every city on the list...is..well...a city. They're not towns or villages. These are major metro areas.
And again, YOU might not want that. That's fine. But don't pretend other people don't enjoy living in a city - because clearly people do, or they wouldn't exist in the first place.
Do you think the 19.9 million people that live in the New York metro just spend every day of their lives hating it and wishing they could move away?New York is number 17? Seems like they missed a couple zeros in that number.
New York is number 17? Seems like they missed a couple zeros in that number.
If you click on a city on the list you can see the criterias they used to score the city.I've been to three of those: Singapore, Vancouver, and Minneapolis. And while they're all delightful, I'm curious about the methodology used to achieve these rankings.
I don't care for Southaven, to crowded.Crazy how a podunk town with low education and low life expectancy, such as Southaven, MS didn't make the list!
I did much the same thing. Bay Area is over 8 million now, everything had an added layer of hassle and stress. It all seems normal until you go where it isn't crowded and discover how relaxed life can be.Personally I've moved away from both Copenhagen an Aarhus to live in a smaller town ~3500 people, as I prefer a more quiet neighborhood closer to nature. I grew up in the suburbs to Copenhagen.
Now almost everything I need is within 2 miles of me. The few things that aren't right here are within 12 miles of me. All of the things that used to be a time consuming hassle are now quick and easy.
Clearly a lot of people enjoy city life, but I often wonder if it's just because they haven't tried small town life?
Yeah, our family made fun of living in the rural parts of Denmark growing up, and now I couldn't dream about moving back.I did much the same thing. Bay Area is over 8 million now, everything had an added layer of hassle and stress. It all seems normal until you go where it isn't crowded and discover how relaxed life can be.
Now almost everything I need is within 2 miles of me. The few things that aren't right here are within 12 miles of me. All of the things that used to be a time consuming hassle are now quick and easy.
Clearly a lot of people enjoy city life, but I often wonder if it's just because they haven't tried small town life?
American small towns are disappearing as the young move away. Capitalism has made rural life skills worthless economically. You live where you do because you don't have to work for a living. Not everybody is so lucky as to have been able to make their money in California and then move away. I would move too if I didn't have family tying me down here. I feel a need to take care of a number of people I could not if I lived far away. When I go to the two largest cities I sometime visit, San Francisco and Sacramento, the poverty and homelessness that I see, the Zombies littering the streets, the brain damage from drugs, etc, it makes me sick. And I'm also an evil worthless person on top of it all because I don't want them moving next door to me. I can run, but my mind just can't hide. To see is to know how fucked we are. How do you learn to live with that? The easy way is not to see the problem of complicity.I did much the same thing. Bay Area is over 8 million now, everything had an added layer of hassle and stress. It all seems normal until you go where it isn't crowded and discover how relaxed life can be.
Now almost everything I need is within 2 miles of me. The few things that aren't right here are within 12 miles of me. All of the things that used to be a time consuming hassle are now quick and easy.
Clearly a lot of people enjoy city life, but I often wonder if it's just because they haven't tried small town life?
What I like about our town is that it has a public school, a private school (where I work), a high school with boarding school, an sport "After-school", a business high school and a "højskole' which means that the amount of young people and kids are roughly half the population and the vibe of the city isn't small town backwardness, but more open and cultural. As a young person you should definitely go to the city and get that experience, but as an adult and family I do prefer the more quiet life.I lived in a small town for 15 years, it fucking blows.
Or you just go to the place everyone thinks is a horrible shit hole.American small towns are disappearing as the young move away. Capitalism has made rural life skills worthless economically. You live where you do because you don't have to work for a living. Not everybody is so lucky as to have been able to make their money in California and then move away. I would move too if I didn't have family tying me down here. I feel a need to take care of a number of people I could not if I lived far away. When I go to the two largest cities I sometime visit, San Francisco and Sacramento, the poverty and homelessness that I see, the Zombies littering the streets, the brain damage from drugs, etc, it makes me sick. And I'm also an evil worthless person on top of it all because I don't want them moving next door to me. I can run, but my mind just can't hide. To see is to know how fucked we are. How do you learn to live with that? The easy way is not to see the problem of complicity.
I think American small towns are not the same as European small towns.What I like about our town is that it has a public school, a private school (where I work), a high school with boarding school, an sport "After-school", a business high school and a "højskole' which means that the amount of young people and kids are roughly half the population and the vibe of the city isn't small town backwardness, but more open and cultural. As a young person you should definitely go to the city and get that experience, but as an adult and family I do prefer the more quiet life.
I have no problem with that. I have discovered the truth that everywhere you go there you are. In other words my inner attitude toward life is reflected back to meI everywhere I go. I love Mulla Nasrudin who said, oh my Beloved, everywhere I look, appears to be Thou. What a lucky man.Or you just go to the place everyone thinks is a horrible shit hole.
Also theatres, good restaurants, shops with produce from around the world, bars that don't go silent when you walk in if you aren't related to the barman...One thing large cities offer people who hate themselves is the comfort of anonymity.
And great people to spend time and grow with rather than endlessly preaching pseudo-philosophy alone on forums.Also theatres, good restaurants, shops with produce from around the world, bars that don't go silent when you walk in if you aren't related to the barman...
This is clearly the reason why many young people move out of rural areas as soon as they can........Clearly a lot of people enjoy city life, but I often wonder if it's just because they haven't tried small town life?
And many don't.This is clearly the reason why many young people move out of rural areas as soon as they can........
JFC