r/interesting • u/SuspiciousLow3062 • May 13 '26

NATURE Would you trade city life for this?

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u/Doug24 May 13 '26

The answer is yes and after 2 weeks there the answer will be no. That's for me personally, every person has other preferences.

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u/ArcticBeavers May 13 '26

I've visited places like this and you quickly realize how slow-paced and relatively boring they are. Its beautiful to visit, however. It does feel magical, much like the grand canyon

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u/Sad_Cup_8012 May 14 '26

Ahhh boredom. Our kryptonite. The one thing consumerism/capitalism thrives on 😂

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u/BoulderCreature May 13 '26

You mean the 10.5 months of cross country skiing?

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u/Chrisixx May 13 '26

It's Switzerland, not Svalbard or Northern Siberia....

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u/SumthinsPhishy2 May 13 '26

Uh, no. Surrounded by mountains, but not mostly winter. Ski season starts in October like most places.

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u/-bonos- May 13 '26

Redditors when referencing a country with an annual snowfall of 2cm above average (/s):

Agree, especially during the 10.5 months of winter 🥶

You know it doesn't always look like the postcards, right? Not even Greenland has 10.5 months of winter.

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u/spices100 May 13 '26

Same here. I've even done it. After 6 weeks came running back home. You live next to the ocean you stop seeing the waves.

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u/Bonitlan May 14 '26

I've already experienced a more isolated lifestyle than this, have grown up in an industrial building turned home in the middle of nowhere in a forest. This would be a straight upgrade

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u/ShoulderAcrobatic679 May 13 '26

Lmao this is so accurate. I’d be all about the peace and quiet until I realize there’s no 24/7 bodega or decent pizza within a 20-minute drive. What’s the breaking point for you – the lack of delivery options or just pure boredom?

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u/Sad_Cup_8012 May 14 '26

It has to be boredom. Its the whole reason any of us are on the phone right now as we speak 😂

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u/FallowfieldPark May 13 '26

Same, give me 2 months and I’ll be bored. I’m used to a busy city life with shops, cinema and noise.

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u/Badloss May 13 '26

I wouldn't even make it a week. I live in a city for a reason, I need the bustle and stuff to walk to. I genuinely think I might freak out the very first night when it's pitch black and silent

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u/PigglyWigglyDeluxe May 13 '26

There’s a seat for every butt. A post like this is designed to make everyone clammer for it. A lot of people don’t want this. Yeah, it’s pretty, but it lacks A LOT of modern things that a lot of people want or need. I’d rather enjoy it through my phone than enjoy it in person. I’d get bored very quickly.

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u/lonnie123 May 13 '26

Yeah my first thought was "Sure... for a 3 day weekend getaway"

I dont need hustle and bustle necessarily but I do like stuff to do that isnt look at the beautfil waterwall again.

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u/EntropyKC May 13 '26

It's everyone's fantasy after going anywhere on holiday. Grass-is-greener syndrome affects almost everyone. Wow this place is amazing, I want to live here! They say, without knowing 99% of the things about a place having seen only 4 images on Instagram.

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u/Bright-Salamander689 May 13 '26

Same, I’d do this a week MAX. Then Ill be clawing my way back to NYC so I’m surrounded by energy, people, art on walls, free world class jazz on public streets and parks, local cafes, mom and pop shops of every culture

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u/DueBackground7945 May 13 '26

Yeah it’d be a good vacation home

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u/AlbatrossNo1562 May 13 '26

I could live anywhere as long as I'm with someone I enjoy being with. If I were single I'd hate to live in such isolating places, even suburbia sucks being single

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u/Rock-View May 13 '26

This, looks like an amazing getaway for a week or so but that’s about it

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u/Legal_Ad9637 May 13 '26

Just about the same for me. It would be incredible for a few days but then start to wear thin eventually.

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u/Broad-Bison5726 May 13 '26

Yup I could definitely live there but after a short while there's still too many people around. I'm so introverted.

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u/Ok_Mathematician5880 May 13 '26

I would get bored too easily

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u/FUmosquitos May 14 '26

I could do it for a few months…I need to rewire my nervous system. Emergency medicine for 15 years combined with perimenopause has ruined me. I need to let my CNS just realize it can rest and I think it will take a minimum of 2 months to recover.

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u/yellow-duckie May 14 '26

An astounding YES (for 2 weeks)

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u/Yargon_Kerman May 14 '26

Used to live in a small rural Scottish village (smaller than this) and I can say with decent confidence; almost nobody who's used to city convenience will want to stay here after the first month or so.

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u/NekoArtemis May 13 '26

This. I'm a city person so there's just not enough there. It looks like an amazing place to visit. Would love to spend a few weeks there. But then I'm going to be wanting concerts and museums and finding new restaurants and sitting in coffee shops watching people go by and everything else I love about city life. 

Also if you live there your choices are probably work in tourism or dairy farming. I've worked in tourism and it's not great. Couldn't be a farmer. I'd be comically bad at being a farmer. 

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u/soapoapsoap May 13 '26

How often do you do this stuff? Most people I know work and then go home, do some adult chores, dinner, watch some TV or something and go to bed.

Even if every weekend you're going out,you can do that from a place like this with an hour drive, which is definitely how long it takes me to do about anything in LA cause of the traffic

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u/NekoArtemis May 13 '26

Having it be an hour away is a very different experience than being able to change your plans after work because you had a rough day and need to do something for yourself.

I don't even live in a big city, but having the option to pick up coffee on the way to work, grab sushi on the way home, or text a friend "hey are you busy? wanna go see a movie?" is different than having those things be an hour away.

I have lived in the country before. No matter how beautiful, it is not for me. It's not for everyone. No lifestyle is. 

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u/Amodernhousehusband May 16 '26

The interesting thing about life is I lived in the city and got rather bored. How many cafes can there be? None of it was mind blowing. I did have fun but I don’t feel particularly lacking in the country because of a lack of all too similar movie theaters and cafes. Interesting. But that’s life!

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u/NekoArtemis May 16 '26

Yep. Different people different experiences. I lived in the country (river valley in a redwood forest) and got bored there. It was pretty but you can only go swimming or hiking in the same place so many times. But in the city it feels like there's always something new happening. 

Glad we both found places that work for us tho.

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u/Amodernhousehusband May 16 '26

I think it just depends on your stimuli and what excites you. I didn’t really care what other people were doing, but I could see how that could be attractive. My main hobby is flower gardening. That might be where I get my stimuli. Anyways I love all kinds of places! Just depends on my mood :)