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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemm.ee)

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[–] applejacks@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Depends on if you have cities that people actually want to live in.

In American cities, you generally want to get out of them as quickly as possible so you don't get mugged or shot.

Ironically, that's why the suburbs started existing in the first place, people fleeing crime.