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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why dont more people live in smaller communities , appart from economic opportunity (WFH is making it possible if not prefferable too)⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The reasons I moved from a town of 3,500 people to around 100,000 people after 2 years are

  More dating options: most of the women in the small town I lived in were already in relationships or weren’t compatible. I started dating my wife a few months after I moved

  Better access to services: if I wanted to get groceries on Sunday I would have to drive 30 minutes to the next town over and banks would be closed before 5. The local restaurants were good but there were only a few.

  Better access to fun stuff: I train jiu jitsu and the closest gym to where I lived was a 50 minute drive 1 way and the closest 10+ mile bike trail was 30 minutes away. I would stay at my friend’s house overnight or get a hotel so I could have a decent night on the town since it was also 50 minutes away from home

  There are opportunities to have fun and build a happy life in small towns but if you have niche interests then it can be a little lonely. Plus some of the activities are private so it can be harder to find them and access them.

  The upside was the people there are really nice and it was really cheap to live there so I paid off a ton of debt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It’s Time to Stop Taking Sam Altman at His Word⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  AI is worse than crypto. Most crypto projects use proof of stake which is way more resource efficient than mining. Also the morning that does happen usually happens where there is excess generation instead of azure datacenters

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Reddit is making sitewide protests basically impossible⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I believe mods tried this and reddit purged the mods when subreddits only allowed John Oliver images.