>>2414171Nah, it's just pure pessimism. It's hard to understand unless you live here, people will literally say "you'll never make it, don't even try hahaha" to your face and it's perfectly acceptable like it's some kind of weak joke.
It probably seems endearing or something from the outside, but if you live here it fucking grinds you down pretty fast.
It's a good thing we have cute old buildings and history to make up for it.
