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The red scare commenters in that thread are cute twinks lmfao.

i think people who haven't actually spent extended times in these spaces have no clue how low quality everything is. driving from one dispiriting strip mall to another to some hideous giant metal box.

the quality of prepared food is often low and use highly-refined, industrial ingredients that they no longer know how to live without, access to nice, fresh ingredients can be limited. everything seems designed to make you obese and sad.

reactionary evangelicals often control city politics and dominate the religious scene.

it can be a pretty rough scene outside of those upper-middle class northeastern towns, which do not fricking count.