06-01-2020, 09:04 AM
(05-31-2020, 11:14 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: People have been moving to cities for thousands of years, but you'd have a really hard time convincing me that it's for any reason other than being desperate for work. Cities have been disgusting places up until very recently.
I hope you recognize that you're using your lived experience as a barometer for your position on civic policy.
There's many reasons to move to dense urban centres. Certainly one of the most important is work, but growing up here in KW the allure of Toronto wasn't jobs, it was people. Late night activities. For some it's the potential to leave the family they are born into for one they choose. In my 30s (2007-2017) many friends from high school moved back and all the single ones left again within a couple of years because the lifestyle they wanted was unavailable. There's many and varied positive aspects of living in urban centres and while I certainly don't find all of them appealing, there are many people who do.
Work is a huge factor, absolutely, but if you think everyone who lives in major urban centres is doing so resentfully, I think you're being too broad applying your experiences and motivators onto other people.
In addition, there's moderate evidence that suggests urban life is better for many of us: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017...tudy-finds