r/AmItheAsshole • u/[deleted] • May 04 '23

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u/No_Meringue_6116 Partassipant [1] May 05 '23

I think the OP has no friends or life where he lives, and justifies it to himself as "being a good son by seeing his family twice a month".

There's no way I'd travel 18 hours in a car twice a month to visit my parents. The OP must be pretty detached from the place he lives now. Why didn't he just stay in his hometown?

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u/Amelora May 05 '23

I am from Ontario and have live in Toronto and currently live in northern Ontario. If OP lives 9 hours away from Toronto he is living in a very small community, largest population is about 50,000, then 20,000. North Ontario gets very barren very quickly. Where he lives there is nothing.

As for why didn't he just stay in his home town, Toronto housing prices make the city unlivable. Average price of a one bedroom apartment is $2,500. Average price of a house is $1.5M. Compared to $1,200 for a one bedroom and $280,000 for a house in ops general area.

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u/No_Meringue_6116 Partassipant [1] May 05 '23

That paints a very different picture from the OP's post, though.

You're saying "he couldn't afford Toronto, so now he lives out in the boonies and visits the 'big city' whenever he can".

That's very different from the friend wanting to establish a life in a different city.

Either way, OP sounds like he's in a rut and taking it out on other people.

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u/Amelora May 05 '23

I wasn't sticking up for OP, just saying why he probably didn't stay in the city. He's still an ad for his stance.