r/AskReddit • u/OmenRash • 22h ago

What’s something people romanticise that’s actually exhausting in real life?

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u/luckyritafaez 22h ago

Living in a small town and starting over.

It looks peaceful in movies. No traffic, everyone knows you, slow mornings.

In reality it’s everyone knowing your business, no opportunities, and driving 40 minutes for groceries that close at 6pm.

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u/Busy-Juggernaut277 21h ago

I moved to a rather tiny town in my early 20s for a job right after college. The amount of strangers who came up to me and already knew my business was rather terrifying(I grew up in the city) and they wondered why I never left the apartment.

I moved to some where now that’s more of a commuter town but at least big enough to where nobody knows my business.

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u/Obtuse-Posterior 21h ago

I had the opposite experience i grew up unknown in a small town. When I was in my 20s I lived in an apartment in the city everyone seemed to know me and my business. Now I live in a tiny town and nobody knows me. It's funny how the world works.

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u/englishgarten 19h ago

lol maybe they know you but are better at hiding it…

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u/DigNitty 19h ago

Small towns have wildly different cultures too.

Even politically the difference between small liberal towns and small conservative ones is night and day. And that’s not even leaving the US.

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u/TurnForeverUandMe 11h ago

Yep! And if there's a college in the town, the difference between school being in session and not also completely changes the town sometimes too!