tymon

You should post this in I Made This

I've lived in 20 different cities/towns/villages across five States, and I can tell you that no one really knows how to define these things accurately, at least in common parlance.

Tappahannock VA is absolutely what I'd consider to be a rural town, but when compared to a place like Waterboro ME, it feels positively metropolitan.

I think, in general, a "rural town" is usually understood to be a relatively small, centralized area of mixed-use zoning in typically agricultural regions; a population under 10,000 with a few main streets with things like general stores, a few diners or restaurants, a grocery market, and single-family homes. These places almost always grow around farmland.

A "village" might be something more along the lines of Pleasantville NY or Cornish ME. They don't rely on agriculture and have centralized social dynamics.

There's also, wildly, a difference between "rural towns" and "small towns." Golden CO is not a rural town, even though it shares many of the characteristics of one. It's a "small town."

That being said, people from New York City will often refer to Boston as a "town" so I guess a lot of this is relative.

Respectfully, there is absolutely nothing typical about New York City. There isn't a single other city in the entire country that even begins to compare to NYC's size, scale, and complexity.

A "typical" American city would be something like White Plains NY, Scottsdale AZ, or Richmond VA.

Almost every day. Whether I'm skipping a step, avoiding a puddle, panic-flailing away from a sudden pile of dog shit, or trying to grab something from a too-high shelf in my small apartment, living in Brooklyn means you're idiot-floating more often than not

Are you fucking insane?

This is an absolute nightmare scenario

$40,000 would pay off all debts for me and my wife, and allow us finally catch our breath. The monthly payments have been annihilating us for years, and neither of our careers have recovered since COVID.

It feels like an endless tunnel.

Not knowing it was plant-based, I got a monstrous jumbo something-or-other burger from Monty's Good Burger in LA.

Honestly I almost freaked out at how good it was, and even went back to the place just to tell them it was the best burger I ever had.

It's the one thing pulling me west

The rich get richer / The poor get poorer / When our time comes / No guilt for the horror

or maybe

The planet is burning / We die of starvation / Abolish the wealthy / And claim our salvation

or maybe

One, two, buckle my shoe / Three, four, overthrow the 1% and bring about a socialist utopia, etc

Defederating is the wrong move.

here's hoping they both immediately trip and hit their heads on sharp corners

Disco Elysium shattered me half a dozen times. Two moments in particular made me step away from my desk and go on a walk. It's the best-written game I've ever played.

Firewatch. Gorgeous, emotionally honest game that wrings you out.

Inside. More of a stressful, cathartic cry, but it applies.

Mass Effect 3 - but only if you play the first two. Incredible story that beats you over the head with yearning .

Do you actually think I'd go to all the unpaid labor of editing a mediocre show for the sole benefit of getting a few people on Lemmy to be frustrated enough with MEGA to sign up?

I don't know why jdownloader isn't working, but I'll see if I can compress the size of the export more.

I've had a cough for the last two months that's given me a hernia. Can't go to the doctor. It's fun here.

God, this is a welcome thing.

y'all are incredibly embarassing