Building land in the middle of nowhere with the house prices?!

That is also generalized. Of course, there are some families looking for peace and quiet. But one of the other main reasons is that it is simply not affordable in the city (see OP). There are plenty of studies on that as well.

I pointed out a trend, that is not generalized. My point was that apparently not everyone equates village with "no man's land," otherwise this trend wouldn't exist. I didn't write anything about the reasons, but they are obvious: price, space, and beyond that also peace and quiet. Some give one reason as their main argument, others the other. But as has been written several times: village is not equal to village. And commuting is not equal to commuting. Some hate it, others accept it, and the next ones find something positive in it for themselves. But if there is no desire for commuting and village life and the only reason for it is the price, I would know how I would decide.

Besides, the bus rides were actually sometimes the best part of the whole school day.

The best time to copy homework. But it was often hard to read.

The best time to copy the homework. It was just often poorly legible.

Yeah, and I still find the youth culture in the villages here strange to worrying. In every village, there is some youth center that has mostly existed for decades. Whoever wants to belong goes to these youth centers. Everyone does, because there’s nothing else, and if you don’t go, you quickly become an outsider and alone in the village. There was recently an article about this in the big newspaper with the four letters. In these youth centers, there are essentially two camps:

In some villages, the youths are all left-wing punks and listen to the corresponding music. In other villages, the youths are all right-wing. At record parties, etc., the groups regularly clash.

No, this is not a temporary phenomenon in our area, but has been pretty constant for about 30 years. Even the political attitude distribution in the villages. It seems to be inherited or I have no idea. I wouldn’t want my child to grow up in such an environment. Better a small town with more opportunities.

No, this is not a temporary phenomenon with us, but rather quite constant for about 30 years.

Wow, I don't really know it like that, so maybe (I hope somewhere) it is a bit of a local phenomenon after all? Youth clubs were pretty "out" for us from around 6th-7th grade (people rather met at someone's private place) and before that it was very harmless with a bit of table football or something (but also younger in age). But that was already a few years ago (but not 30). Edit: among the older ones there was some smoking and getting high, but not across the board.

Crazy, I don’t really know it like that, so maybe (I hope somewhere) it’s a bit of a local phenomenon? Youth centers were actually pretty "out" for us from around 6th-7th grade (you’d rather meet at someone’s private place) and before that it was very harmless with a bit of foosball or something (but also younger in age). But that was already a few years ago (but not 30).

Edit: there was a bit of smoking and weed going on around the older ones, but not by any means all of them

In my old village it actually is like that too, if you’re out of the participant age, you become a group leader yourself. Then they drink and party nonstop, with the occasional camp or other activities in between. It’s also very Catholic, so the attitude matches that. For some it’s great, for others not at all.

What I also remember well is the massive drug problem in the countryside. Parents rarely noticed it, actually only when it escalated. But so much hard stuff was consumed, which per capita/youth probably didn’t even happen in the city anymore. Of course not all of them, but especially the wealthier kids (drugs are expensive) were right at the forefront. If mom and dad were in the city for the weekend, things would escalate at home in the sauna basement. Again, for some this is their thing, for others not at all...

My personal experience: either drinking with the conservative Catholics or other drugs with the "other" kids, not much in between. I found it correspondingly boring because I didn’t want to take drugs and couldn’t do anything with the conservatives.

I think it's great when such clichés are fed. And don't forget Kluftinger and Eberhofer are not exaggerated characters.