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energywut ◴[] No.44076644[source]
> any American could live an earlier iteration of the American Dream

If (and only if) you aren't socially different from the communities you'd be moving to. Being gay or trans, for instance, might mark you out as a target in a lot of the places where you could live this cheaply. Plenty of race, religions, or political beliefs that would make it untenable.

It's hard to claim that any American can achieve this.

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1. fzeroracer ◴[] No.44077338[source]
There's a particularly funny anecdote I have in regards to your transphobic dogwhistle.

Back when I was living in Austin I was at the airport getting ready to visit my family for a flight. As I went to enter the male restroom, a woman from behind me yelled at me that I was entering the wrong restroom and sneered at me.

Do you know what my crime was? Being a cisgender male with long hair. That was all it took for someone to assume I was transgender and then proceed to be an asshole.If you're in a rural like that and you stand out in any way, people will notice. And if you're someone that is trans, it'll be far worse.

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2. therealdrag0 ◴[] No.44093884[source]
We might be giving rural vs urban a bit too much credit. Lots of mean people like this in urban areas too.