Florida family gives up on small-town North Dakota

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

"refuse to be a patron of their business"

You are mistaken.

You don't think that in a city of 1 million people, I couldn't find 200 that refused to patronize a single business?

I bet I could find that many in Fargo ND that refuse to do business with WALMART!

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

You don't think that in a city of 1 million people, I couldn't find 200 that refused to patronize a single business?

I bet I could find that many in Fargo ND that refuse to do business with WALMART!

Here in the BIG CITY we don't refuse to patron someone else's business.
We mug them and run off in our Lexus.

small town dumbass

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

You don't think that in a city of 1 million people, I couldn't find 200 that refused to patronize a single business?

I bet I could find that many in Fargo ND that refuse to do business with WALMART!

Your original query was "would people get mad if a business comes in and runs another business out of town"

Big-city residents wouldn't give a shit. One liquor store or dry cleaner is as good as another. We don't need to make "friends" with business owners, or pretend to care about how their family is doing.

[Cutty72]

Right, cause you have a million people there that don't give a shit.

That is what I hate, and refuse to have to deal with.
I know all my neighbors, and pretty much everyone else in town, also, they all know me.
If I need something, I know I can call them and ask to borrow/use it if they have it.
They also do the same.
It's the old sense of helping thy neighbor that has been lost on most people today.

Same reason when you go to a rural community and drive down the road, everyone waves.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by cutty72

right, cause you have a million people there that don't give a shit.

That is what i hate, and refuse to have to deal with.
I know all my neighbors, and pretty much everyone else in town, also, they all know me.
If i need something, i know i can call them and ask to borrow/use it if they have it.
They also do the same.
It's the old sense of helping thy neighbor that has been lost on most people today.

Same reason when you go to a rural community and drive down the road, everyone waves.

absolutely fucking wrong.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

Right, cause you have a million people there that don't give a shit.

That is what I hate, and refuse to have to deal with.
I know all my neighbors, and pretty much everyone else in town, also, they all know me.
If I need something, I know I can call them and ask to borrow/use it if they have it.
They also do the same.
It's the old sense of helping thy neighbor that has been lost on most people today.

Same reason when you go to a rural community and drive down the road, everyone waves.

My problem with a small town was this. I go to the grocery store, I see someone I work with. I go to a restaurant, I see someone I work with. I go to the movies, I see someone I work with. My kid has a sporting event, I see someone I work with, I need my taxes done, it get done by the wife of someone I work with...... Can i get a little fucking privacy please? I don't want the entire world knowing my fucking business.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

absolutely fucking wrong.

You can walk down the street 2 blocks in NY and ask the guy that lives there to borrow their lawn mower? And he will say yes? (and actually knows you)

Oh wait, you don't have lawns in NY, just a bunch of concrete

[Cutty72]

I'm just gonna go with the born and raised "big city" people will never understand small town living.
I openly admit that I do not understand big city living. I could never do it.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Cutty72

You can walk down the street 2 blocks in NY and ask the guy that lives there to borrow their lawn mower? And he will say yes? (and actually knows you)

Oh wait, you don't have lawns in NY, just a bunch of concrete

Yes..
Of course, like small towns, each street/neighborhood is a little different.

I live out in the suburbs, work in Manhattan while my sister and inlaws live in NYC.
Its pretty tight knit.
Millions of people always willing to lend a hand\help out.

Originally Posted by Cutty72

I'm just gonna go with the born and raised "big city" people will never understand small town living.
I openly admit that I do not understand big city living. I could never do it.

fair enough

[Rider]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Yes..
Of course, like small towns, each street/neighborhood is a little different.

I live out in the suburbs, work in Manhattan while my sister and inlaws live in NYC.
Its pretty tight knit.
Millions of people always willing to lend a hand\help out.



fair enough

Like offering to help people out by making their pockets lighter.