I’d tell myself I’m going to do it, but chicken out.

It depends on the danger I was told about. If it was poisoned gas like Bad Boy Bubby then I don’t think so. If it was just there are dangerous or violent people out there then maybe.

If there were rumours that the outside world wasn’t actually dangerous that might have swayed me when I was younger but probably not now.

OP go watch the movie The Village

Y’all should watch Silo.

Personally? Probably not. Im not much of a rebel or confident enough to push a boundary like that

But we kinda have something like that irl.

If i remember right

The Amish think technology is evil but some leave and embrace the modern world despite that

Absolutely. I was teaching English with Mormons in Kiev, UA in 2014 (as a volunteer, I am not Mormon). The nonprofit we were with stressed to us that we should absolutely, under no circumstance, go to Maidan (city center). This was when the revolution was just starting. Of course I went anyway.

At least when I was in Ukraine at that time, all the discord was contained within Maidan and the eastern regions. Life elsewhere went on as usual. I’m not sure if it is the same now. But it felt like going between two worlds.

Got “Freedom Cities” on the mind, eh?

Is anyone actively trying to stop me from leaving? Is there any punishment for doing so?

Is the “dangerous” outside because of something invisible, like a plague? Or is the “dangerous” a nebulous claim of “nobody goes out there”

I think plenty of people would try it just to say they did, just like the real world.

City? Probably yes. Country? Probably no.

It really depends on the Size of the “cage” and what it has to “offer” to me. (how entertained I am, how well-off I am)

That you, Morgoth? Stop trying to trick me into revealing the location of Gondolin.

It depends on how sus the people telling me that seemed. I would definitely question, but the desire to see what is on the outside would probably be inversely proportional to how content I was with life on the inside.

If I was like, “This place fucking sucks,” and they said, “TS, there’s nowhere else to go,” I might take my chances.

No

No.

Nice try, raider. I’m staying in the vault.

I think there are too many factors to account for to give a good answer.

But realistically: If the walled city was stable (relative to what I knowz I can only compare things to what I know and have experienced) and my life was alright or better then or course I would stay. If I had kids in that city I would probably stay.

If it was a shitty life inside those walls, of course I would find a way to stealthily leave.