21M here, was just accepted to medical school. Unfortunately, medical school is in a pretty small “city” (75k, currently live in the suburbs of a city with a metro 6M).
I guess there’s a lot of nature around? There’s really nothing to do except nature, but I’m not a nature kind of guy. More importantly, the school is a 2 hour drive from both NYC and Philadelphia.
For those of who similarly live in remote-ish areas, how often do you make commutes to major cities? I am not a small town guy, I think I’ll go insane not being in proximity of a big city, so I’m trying to gauge what kind of lifestyle I’m going to live.
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21M here, was just accepted to medical school. Unfortunately, medical school is in a pretty small “city” (75k, currently live in the suburbs of a city with a metro 6M).
I guess there’s a lot of nature around? There’s really nothing to do except nature, but I’m not a nature kind of guy. More importantly, the school is a 2 hour drive from both NYC and Philadelphia.
For those of who similarly live in remote-ish areas, how often do you make commutes to major cities? I am not a small town guy, I think I’ll go insane not being in proximity of a big city, so I’m trying to gauge what kind of lifestyle I’m going to live.
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Every day lol, my university is in the center of the city, which is very nice
honestly man, you aren’t missing much. focus on medical school. if you do weekend trips to NYC, stay out of trouble.
the title is misleading… nice suburbs with nature are considered way more desirable by people who are not 21 but… i was 21 once so i get it.
just head over to ny once a month.
You aren’t going to have time to worry about your lifestyle for the next 10 years my guy. Just try to get through the thing without losing your mind.
lol you’ll be okay.
Why would you go insane? What in a town of 75k are you missing out on? I assume you are somewhere in NEPA or NJ? These are populated areas lol it’s not like you’re in some desolate rural community with no cell service or infrastructure lol
When I lived in the middle of fucking no where u never went to major cities outside of vacation cause time and money don’t grow on trees.
Also, you’ll be in med school, so you’ll be busy.
Figured it out…Scranton is not some po dunk town lol, you’ll have things to do.
I live in Baltimore, but I’m still only an hour away from DC, the area I’m from.
It’s astounding how much I prefer being in DC to being in Baltimore.
You’re not going to have time to pick your nose in med school much less drive to nyc with any regularity. Go into it with an open mind, you might end up loving that small city. If not, focus your efforts on getting residencies in top-tier cities when it’s time.
lmao I love how you call it an undesirable area.
Bruh you’ll be in medical school. Stfu and study.
>For those of who similarly live in remote-ish areas
>75k
That’s nowhere near remote lol. I’ve lived in places with a population <10k and always found things to occupy myself with. I’ve lived in a relatively big city and now reside in a small city around that size. If that area has a nice med school, odds are there’s going to be plenty of activities going on when school is in session.
Somehow I immediately know you were near Upstate NY or northeast PA. You’ll be fine. Some of us live there all our lives and avoid the city like a plague, believe it or not.
You may want to take up hiking, river floating, day drinking, casual racism that may or may not be a joke, chicken riggies, herkimer diamond mining, rock ringing, cross country skiing, farmers markets, U-pick orchards, day drinking, ice fishing, local historical sites, day drinking, plant and tree identification, observing urban decay of gilded age canal towns, day drinking, antique malls, gardening, microbreweries, microwineries, DIY vehicle repair, or day drinking!
Sounds perfect for med school. Fewer distractions.
My oldest just finished his first year of med-school in the Chicago area (home). He returned to the area for med-school from Boston area where he did undergrad and some research. I saw less of him, living 40 minutes from me than I did when one of us needed to fly to see each other! The workload is pretty heavy. He could be in a windowless bunker in the badlands of SD and it wouldn’t have had much impact on his quality of life! His friend at NYU felt that the school could have been located anywhere for how often he got out to enjoy NYC.