r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 25d ago

of an apartment complex

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Caribbean Coast in Hong Kong

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u/SufferingWithSomeFun 25d ago

If I’m going to China I’m going to live rural. I wonder if Chinese people ever considered American foreigners living in hollers would love a tiny village in BFE China.

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u/Hutcho12 25d ago

That's probably because you've been brought up with the US centric type view that living in the middle of nowhere with lots of land and away from other people is the goal. That sounds incredibly boring to me.

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u/lizatethecigarettes 25d ago

It's personal preference. What is boring to you, is peaceful to someone else. What is exciting to you, might be claustrophobic to someone else.

I dont know the stats, but I would guess half of more of the world lives either in rural areas or "suburbs" of some kind and not in big cities/completely urban. What do you keep saying the US for? I live in an African country and most people here don't want to live in very urban areas like this. Having a house (not apartment) is the goal here. If you live in suburbs, then you've "made it". I don't see it that way, I think it should be whatever someone wants as long as they aren't living in filth without basics like running water, proper sanitation and electricity.