{"id":15428,"date":"2011-08-24T09:10:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T07:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=15428"},"modified":"2011-08-24T09:10:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-24T07:10:22","slug":"big-cities-suck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/24\/big-cities-suck\/","title":{"rendered":"Big cities suck"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I live in a small city of a small country. \u00a0And I love it here. \u00a0One of the big benefits that a lot of people get really used to is that everything is 10 minutes away. \u00a0It would take you only about 20 minutes to get from one side of the city to another. \u00a0Most of the people I know who live in big cities have to drive back and forth for hours every day. \u00a0Those of them lucky enough to live next to the place they work usually pay a lot of money to have it that way.<\/p>\n<p>Why am I suddenly thinking of how bad big cities are? Because I just watched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Q4FoAr8i26g\">this YouTube video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Q4FoAr8i26g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I understand that the guy chose the place himself and since he is young and alone it probably makes sense. \u00a0And I do understand that the video is more about living in tight spaces. \u00a0But I still keep thinking of how big cities screw people&#8217;s minds. \u00a0Not only it&#8217;s OK for someone in the modern age and developed country to live in a 78 square foot room (<strong>7 square meters<\/strong>), but also to pay <strong>$800 USD<\/strong> per month for it! \u00a0That&#8217;s just wrong. \u00a0Even if a lot of people are doing it and even if one gets used to it quickly, it still doesn&#8217;t make it right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>I live in a small city of a small country. \u00a0And I love it here. \u00a0One of the big benefits that a lot of people get really used to is that everything is 10 minutes away. \u00a0It would take you only about 20 minutes to get from one side of the city to another. \u00a0Most &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2011\/08\/24\/big-cities-suck\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Big cities suck<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1128,1353,2395,1908],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-15428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-lifestyle","tag-new-york","tag-usa","tag-youtube-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43025,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/22\/ranking-the-startup-ecosystems-of-1000-cities-and-100-countries\/","url_meta":{"origin":15428,"position":0},"title":"Ranking The Startup Ecosystems of 1,000 Cities and 100 Countries","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"August 22, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"CrunchBase links to the StartupBlink's \"Ranking The Startup Ecosystems of 1,000 Cities and 100 Countries\". 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