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Jack_Krauser t1_j6kzah3 wrote

Reply to comment by mattmaddux in I'm visiting here and I gotta say, this place is awesome. by RaevynneArt

So why would we be proud about being cheap and talking about how great it is online? It's like living on the north side and bragging about how much platinum is in your catalytic converter.

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mattmaddux t1_j6l07hb wrote

I didn’t make the post. No one from Springfield made the post. Nobody is coming online beaming with pride over the low cost of living bragging to others about how great it is and thumbing our noses at other cities.

The narrative you’ve constructed is fiction.

A guest in the city is saying they think it’s a great place, partly because it’s relatively affordable to live here. What good reason could we possibly have to be assholes to them about it?

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Jack_Krauser t1_j6nz3c4 wrote

So they won't move here?

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mattmaddux t1_j6nzbom wrote

Well at least you’re honest. I guess “go away we don’t want you” is certainly a reason. I guess it’s my fault to assume we were all wanting to be decent human beings. My bad.

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Jack_Krauser t1_j6ose1y wrote

Yep, I'm a bad person for wanting to own a home to put my family in. You successfully figured out my morality level from a couple reddit comments. I'm going to go twirl my mustache now and egg the next guy I see with Utah plates.

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mattmaddux t1_j6ot1s4 wrote

See, again you’re creating a fiction. I actually asked:

> “Why would we choose to be ASSHOLES to people?”

And you give a reason ostensibly WHY IT’S OKAY TO BE AN ASSHOLE?

And now you’re wondering why you’re being vilified?

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Jack_Krauser t1_j6oz7nn wrote

I just want to point out that I've never been hostile to OP at all. I just ignored him and said we have no reason to go out of our way to attract people here. But keep manufacturing drama on the internet if that makes you feel self-righteous.

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