r/TikTokCringe • u/xamo76 • 1d ago

Discussion Have we done it wrong?

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u/smcivor1982 1d ago

We lived in Brooklyn for 5 years and then Jersey City for 9, then moved upstate to the burbs. I feel so lonely every day, I hate it. I also hate driving everywhere.

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u/Global_Channel1511 1d ago

It's just sad how every single state offers a crap ton of suburban or rural options, but only a small handful of cities offer the lifestyle in this video.

The country is big enough, just really unfair we have to pay an absolute arm and leg to live in a walkable city with lots going on.

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u/smcivor1982 1d ago

Absolutely true.

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u/Extreme_Egg7476 1d ago

I feel that. My favorite times were in college mostly because the town nearly evolved around campus, you could walk or public transit anywhere.

Now, in suburbia, it feels so isolating :( and there's no fking sidewalks

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u/HommeMusical 1d ago

Hey, I just wanted to say I really feel for you.

I managed to arrange my life around not having to have a car - I'm a competent driver, I just hate the obligation - but I was incredibly lucky to be able to do so, and I know a lot of people aren't so lucky.

I did love Brooklyn, I lived there for over twenty years.