>>1253611I relate heavily to this. I grew up on a farm in PA and now live in Northern Virginia for college.
I don't know how anyone can stand to live here. Everything smells like exhaust. The few older friends I've made can point out to me what buildings used to be cow farms, corn fields, etc. I feel like I'm stuck in a fucking box. I wanted to go into national security and politics, man, but I'm not sure I can anymore if it means living like this. But neither could I stand running away to the scraps of wilderness that remain and watch as my way of life- the way of life that my family has lived for hundreds of years- continues to disappear forever, along with all the nice things in life like whip-poor-wills, bats, and streams you can drink from. What will I tell my children?
I'm borderline worried that I'm gonna go full unabomber and not be able to stop myself.
