It’s been my personal experience that dumbasses are just more notable in the country than cities. The overall population per square mile is so much less that you see far fewer people overall, but unless you know where the smart cookies are, you’ll miss their homes/workshops entirely - it only seems like there are more of them because the brainiacs run solo or congregate in smaller groups. IMO there aren’t just more idiots in cities per se, just that they congregate more noticeably to the point where it sort of throws off the perception of average capacity… does that make sense?
When smart people move out to the boonies, it’s to get away from all people. When dumb people move out to the boonies, it’s to get away from smart people and their annoying rules. They still want to hang out with other people and do dumb people stuff with them. So you don’t really see smart people out in the boonies, but they are there, just inside.
Yes, that tracks. Check the outbuilding at the back of the property for some guy with a pencil tucked behind his ear while rebuilding a fried 50,000W amplifier for the nearest sports area.
It’s been my personal experience that dumbasses are just more notable in the country than cities. The overall population per square mile is so much less that you see far fewer people overall, but unless you know where the smart cookies are, you’ll miss their homes/workshops entirely - it only seems like there are more of them because the brainiacs run solo or congregate in smaller groups. IMO there aren’t just more idiots in cities per se, just that they congregate more noticeably to the point where it sort of throws off the perception of average capacity… does that make sense?
When smart people move out to the boonies, it’s to get away from all people. When dumb people move out to the boonies, it’s to get away from smart people and their annoying rules. They still want to hang out with other people and do dumb people stuff with them. So you don’t really see smart people out in the boonies, but they are there, just inside.
Yes, that tracks. Check the outbuilding at the back of the property for some guy with a pencil tucked behind his ear while rebuilding a fried 50,000W amplifier for the nearest sports area.