When people say a City is Fast or Too Slow, what do that actually mean?

[Stuntone]

But what about the city is fast? The driving?

 

[Maliciouslarynx]

It's not really the buildings and heavy traffic that makes a city fast IMO. The grind is what makes a city fast. People in the city have to constantly be on the move because they are working big corporate jobs requiring 50 and 60 hours a week. Clients want companies to hit the ground running because they have strict deadlines and want those profits.


Take away the grind, take away the long hours, and people are more leisure.

@tuckgod already said the same thing.

I see what your saying but I found frequenting those two cities. The traffic, access to late night resources and constant development was synonymous to how the city felt.

In SLC, nothing was happening and there was never any real development. No bottleneck traffic and things felt slow during the day. And at night (9pm+) it was practically empty and nothing was opened. The inverse is the experience in Miami.

 

[Jasonmask]

An array of different reasons. The fashion, the traffic, the ideas, the culture, the night life

 

[The_Sheff]

I've lived in Big cities and slow cities, never really understood this. To me you're lifestyle determines the speed of your life more so than the city. I feel like if you're a people person, that love being in social environments, you're life will be fast and busy no matter where you are. As an introvert and homebody, your life would be slow in lower Manhattan. Personally my lifestyle determines if I'm living fast or slow. Ive lived fast in Hampton, VA and slow in DC. I feel like if you're a people person, that love being in social environments, you're life will be fast and busy no matter where you are.

Maybe i'm slow, can ya'll be specific as what determines if a city is fast or slow?

Naw that’s not true at all. When I lived downtown in cities where I could look out the window and see the energy in the streets it definitely prompted me to get out there. You can feel it when there is always something interesting around the corner. You don’t have to be a people person or an extrovert to experience that. You can go to a random street festival as an introvert and keep interactions to a minimum.

In cities where the only things to do require a ticket purchased in advance, it definitely feels slow. It’s like you always waiting and not doing.

In a fast city you can go to a coffee shop in the morning for a month straight and not see the same people. Where I live now, if you do that they will recognize you one week in and start your order the moment you walk in.

 

[tuckgod]

Trying to date a girl in DC without a car Good luck with that Metro pass. Aint no chick worth a damn getting on the metro late night. And she probably lives in Woodbridge or Waldorf. For all the ubers you'll be paying for dating, you'll think you had a car.


DC Metro is hood as hell and packed. Fighting to getting on the train, wrestling homeless people.


There are more people living outside of DC than inside the city. I'm from Louisiana, your car is your domicile here.
A car is a must in DC for most, even just to sit in it on your lunch break and unwind a little.

Yeah I feel you, I lived in Laurel for a few years, I mean people that live and work in the actual city.

Nobody bothers me in public so I’m cool with whoever is on the train, as long as the shyt don’t smell like piss and bums is sleeping everywhere.

 

[daiquiridream]

A fast city to me is where nightclubs are still busy on a Monday/Tuesday. They are always in a hurry for the weekend to be here so it never ends.

A slow city to me is where all the bars are empty on Monday/Tuesday. Usually blue collar and people are at home with their kids most nights. They are trying to slow down the hands of time so that they can be with family as much as possible.

 

[Digital Omen]

I know breh I have this same argument with everyone I share this with and it’s a hill I’m willing to die on.

Whenever i visit cities that have good subway systems I never want to leave.

Paris, NYC, BART, DC Metro, I could ride them shyts all day and be in heaven.

Efficiency can't be beat. I was in BCN couple of weeks ago. Metro, commuter rail, and tram is paradise over there:

 

[tuckgod]

Efficiency can't be beat. I was in BCN couple of weeks ago. Metro, commuter rail, and tram is paradise over there:

Exactly, you don’t need a car when this much ground is covered

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

Code name for amount of Nigerians living in that city

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I see what your saying but I found frequenting those two cities. The traffic, access to late night resources and constant development was synonymous to how the city felt.

In SLC, nothing was happening and there was never any real development. No bottleneck traffic and things felt slow during the day. And at night (9pm+) it was practically empty and nothing was opened. The inverse is the experience in Miami.

Every city has late night resources. McDonald's, Walmart etc. stay open 24 hours. Most bars even in slow cities gonna close at 1a.m. no later than 3a.m. The grind is what determines how fast a city is. Covid and WFH is proof of this. If don't nobody got to work they're gonna move around at their leisure

A fast city to me is where nightclubs are still busy on a Monday/Tuesday. They are always in a hurry for the weekend to be here so it never ends.

A slow city to me is where all the bars are empty on Monday/Tuesday. Usually blue collar and people are at home with their kids most nights. They are trying to slow down the hands of time so that they can be with family as much as possible.

I don't think bars/clubs determine the fast city. Most young folks go to the club maybe what, 3 days a week, and that's if they got money. Once folks get older, than club shyt dies down.

New York wouldn't become a slow city if you removed bars/clubs. It's the grind and hustle in what makes a city fast. Big global corporations, foreign people, etc. Take away the big corporations, capitalism, and advertisements and things slow down.

 

[RealCrownHeights]

Trying to date a girl in DC without a car Good luck with that Metro pass. Aint no chick worth a damn getting on the metro late night. And she probably lives in Woodbridge or Waldorf. For all the ubers you'll be paying for dating, you'll think you had a car.


DC Metro is hood as hell and packed. Fighting to getting on the train, wrestling homeless people.


There are more people living outside of DC than inside the city. I'm from Louisiana, your car is your domicile here.
A car is a must in DC for most, even just to sit in it on your lunch break and unwind a little.

A lot of women in NYC will give you attitude if you don't have a car here too.

 

[colicolicoli]

I’ve heard ppl call Dallas slow and there’s something to do every day here.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Not every major city is a fast paced city. Nobody can explain the experience to you.

There's definitely big cities that move slow.

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Trying to date a girl in DC without a car Good luck with that Metro pass. Aint no chick worth a damn getting on the metro late night. And she probably lives in Woodbridge or Waldorf. For all the ubers you'll be paying for dating, you'll think you had a car.


DC Metro is hood as hell and packed. Fighting to getting on the train, wrestling homeless people.


There are more people living outside of DC than inside the city. I'm from Louisiana, your car is your domicile here.
A car is a must in DC for most, even just to sit in it on your lunch break and unwind a little.

That's a class based issue. The broke adjacent are the ones who care the most about materialistic appearance. Meanwhile you have 6 figure plus earners using public transport living comfortable and still below their means.

 

[getmoney310cpt]

When I went to NYC I realized that it makes LA feel like the suburbs that’s a real city…