For the average person, sure, but some of us thrive in solitude. Like I have a family and that is great, but sometimes I want to just be alone and only a few people are more fun to be around than just being alone.
I’m as introverted as they come and I can’t stand the isolation like that. We need people around us to challenge ideas and have discourse otherwise it ends up getting cult-like real quick
Not sure how that would be an issue for just doing things while living like raising food, building and repairing things. It isn’t like I start thinking negative or harmful things when alone, the solitude actually makes it easier for introspection and questioning of ideas society promotes that are contradictory.
For me being an introvert is the reason I enjoy being alone with my thoughts. So much easier with fewer interruptions.
Fair enough. I guess it’s not a monolith cos I have known some people where getting out of the city helped them for sobriety purposes or they just couldn’t be around certain people anymore and needed to clear their heads for a while
Rural living is bad for your mental health
For the average person, sure, but some of us thrive in solitude. Like I have a family and that is great, but sometimes I want to just be alone and only a few people are more fun to be around than just being alone.
I’m as introverted as they come and I can’t stand the isolation like that. We need people around us to challenge ideas and have discourse otherwise it ends up getting cult-like real quick
Not sure how that would be an issue for just doing things while living like raising food, building and repairing things. It isn’t like I start thinking negative or harmful things when alone, the solitude actually makes it easier for introspection and questioning of ideas society promotes that are contradictory.
For me being an introvert is the reason I enjoy being alone with my thoughts. So much easier with fewer interruptions.
All right then
Rural living saved my sanity. To each their own.
Fair enough. I guess it’s not a monolith cos I have known some people where getting out of the city helped them for sobriety purposes or they just couldn’t be around certain people anymore and needed to clear their heads for a while
i’d say it can be very good…but it’s very suseptible to bad actors and just generally falling apart if key community members die at wrong time.