Hey,

I live in a small town in europe, built a house and well it takes me about 25 minutes to the next bigger city (not huge one, lets say 50.000 people live there.

I sometimes find myself getting frustrated because the next gym is 7 minute drive by car to another smaller town. Grocery shopping I also do in another town nearby. Same people, same stuff, nothing new.

I am thinking about selling my house but I love the quiet area too. I love my freedom in my house and yard and I know everyone in town but nobody has my interests.

I can’t just go to board game nights, meet many people in a bar, go shopping, go to a cafe and all that. I always have to drive those 25 minutes first.

But would I do all those things I wrote above if I’d live in the city? A few friends live in that city and say everything is so expensive and they do the same as I do (same gym, same grocery, same routine) just in the city.

But I feel like I am missing out.

  • esaEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Better jobs. I would never have had the kind of career growth I had staying where I used to live.

    Side note here: Better access to work-related events. It is possible to WFH for some jobs that were previously city-only, but you’ll be missing out on not only the casual socialization of stuff like grabbing a pint after work, but also various technical meetups. I’ve gone to meetups for fields of work not related to me just because I find the topic interesting and it’s easy to swing by.