How do people deal with living/running in big cities?

It depends on what kind of city, suburb, or rural area you live in.

I work in a rural area but don't really like running there. There are no shoulders and drivers (mostly in trucks) whip past at 55 mph. It is pretty but the routes are also pretty boring. All the "cross roads" are like a mile or two apart, so all my runs end up being three miles straight out, two miles north, three miles back, two miles south. That is a typical 10 miler out in the country. If you like running in straight lines and looking at farms, and out-sprinting dogs off-leash in country yards, I have some good routes.

In the city where I run 2-3 times a week, we have a long waterfront bike path that is great. The river is amazing and there are no cars or cross streets to deal with. That said, there are homeless people, so you sometimes have to swerve around a person camping on the edge of the bike path. I did almost run into a deer and a homeless man on the same run this week.

In the suburb where I live and do most of my mileage, I like the way it is so easy to vary the routes. You can always make a new route or reverse a loop or add on. But it also helps that we live in a beautiful area with lots of variety and trees.

Because they get sucked into a lifestyle of giving away their freedom to work to make money for someone else to secure their future, but never realise they have given away their present to live in a small condo they pay a fortune for. But hey, someone has to hold their fragile community of views.

Hmmm, must be new to LR.

Usually by becoming genderfluid