There is an argument here for urbanism. Here in the states at least the “dream” is to move to a smaller suburb and live in a detached home. For me, it sounds horrible, being an hour away from your friends by car. I’ll always be somewhere where I can bus/train/walk to other people.
There’s actually a good theory that that’s why so many people look fondly back on college. It’s not the university they’re missing, but a walkable neighborhood.
Well not every city has every industry so there’s not much urbanism would do there. We all moved for work or to be closer to family.
I think a better theory for the nostalgia is just proximity to friends. Not to mention the abundance of free time and lack of responsibility…the neighborhoods surely pale in comparison.
Yeah this. So much free time, I lived with my best friend (he’s now on the other side of the world), and I could visit all my other best friends easily. I live in a more walkable city now, but none of my friends from that time live here.
There is an argument here for urbanism. Here in the states at least the “dream” is to move to a smaller suburb and live in a detached home. For me, it sounds horrible, being an hour away from your friends by car. I’ll always be somewhere where I can bus/train/walk to other people.
There’s actually a good theory that that’s why so many people look fondly back on college. It’s not the university they’re missing, but a walkable neighborhood.
Well not every city has every industry so there’s not much urbanism would do there. We all moved for work or to be closer to family.
I think a better theory for the nostalgia is just proximity to friends. Not to mention the abundance of free time and lack of responsibility…the neighborhoods surely pale in comparison.
Yeah this. So much free time, I lived with my best friend (he’s now on the other side of the world), and I could visit all my other best friends easily. I live in a more walkable city now, but none of my friends from that time live here.
Yeah…my friend group was a lot bigger back then from proximity alone. We’re all across the US now and a couple are overseas.
I’ve made more friends since but as an adult, location doesn’t dictate friendships so they were far to begin with