Any time I go to a large city im exhausted by being charged for doing anything. How do people have fun if theyre poor(the neat part, you dont, probably). And to make it worse many of them probably have a 1 bedroom apartment so its not like you can sit in there all day long (at least i cant).
I realize im still spending money by being in my house out of town, but still, at least things I buy are owned by me, and im not paying someone else every time I want to do anything. If I want to stay at home all day I have tons of stuff to occupy my mind without going nuts.
I figure 98% of lemmy users live in big cities so id like to hear this perspective!
Maybe it’s not a thing in the US, but where I live you can also buy apartments, you don’t have to rent them. No garden plant selection and front door color police if you live in an apartment. I mean we also don’t have HOAs, it’d be ridiculous. But if you have enough money you could buy an apartment bigger than most people’s houses, overlooking the city.
But also, for a mere 250 million dollars, you could have the highest penthouse in NYC which is also ridiculously big. If you move at least a hundred floors down and a bit farther away from Central Park, maybe settle for 1700 sq ft instead of 17000, things get more affordable in the cities too. Still need to have a high paid job of course.