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in this thread we discuss the merits of urban areas vs. rural ones.

well you have all heard me say many times how much i hate living in NYC. and i am still planning to leave here ASAP. but after over a year in a major city i have to concede that there are a few ways in which cities are pretty good.

1. barbers. i get pretty basic haircuts and the barbers in the hood are great. i get a lot more attention to detail for my twelve bucks than i would at some place in a strip mall. if you are the salon-going type disregard this i guess, but for those of us who don't carry man-purses, going to barbershops where you are the only white person in the room is generally +EV, especially for beard trimming.

2. not having to drive home after a night of heavy drinking.

3. drop-off laundry service. it's a lot easier to get an apartment or house with washer/dryer in a more rural area, but if you can't, you can pretty much bet there's a place or two on your block in NYC that will wash and fold your laundry for not much more than it would cost to do it yourself. huge timesaver. laundromats are sometimes a lot farther away when you live in the sticks and they may not have drop-off. if they do it's probably expensive.

i am still a country boy for life, but ok NYC, you can cut my hair and wash my underwear for me.