[finn4life]

Lived in the city until i was 9 years old and moved to the country for the next 10 years, i loved it in the country when i was young, small town about 150 people, lived on about a 1.5acre block and went to school in a town of 8000, it was great. built jumps for my bike with my mates wherever i wanted and had the clean

We had rivers 2 of them (pretty much straight from the source with no cities polluting it) to go swim in the summer, get to go shooting, ride motorbikes, quadbikes, hoon around in the paddocks with old bashed up cars, and one of my friends who lived in a town nearby had wealthy parents (Like Ferrari's and Lamborghini wealthy) and had access to a lot of tools, Him, myself and another friend bought an old car and cut the roof off and welded a dodgy roll-cage on and did jumps in it hahahah. That was in-between blowing things up, starting fires, building flamethrowers with water-guns. I never got the chance unfortunately but his neighbour had an old tank of sorts and he went driving in it until he got it stuck in a gulley.


So when i was younger the country was brilliant, when i got older parties were great too, just start a big bonfire that would burn for weeks and have loads of fun doing stupid sh*t out in the paddocks, but once everyone started getting busy with jobs and such it kinda sucked when i ended up getting stuck at home because i couldn't get a license until i was 17.

ANYWAY! To answer the opening question, at this point in my life i would rather and i am (Mostly) living in the city, which is small anyway (200 000) and i have friends and family on farms and such i can go visit when i feel like it if i have time.
But when i mature and reach old age and have less reason to be in the city i would like to:
1. Move out onto a nice property not too far out of town
2. Or have a getaway to go stay at whenever i feel like it, which i think is the better option since properties are pretty cheap and you get the best of both worlds.

[OverTheBelow]

QUOTE (4 Bagger @ Saturday, Aug 4 2012, 20:29)

I live in a small town that is very much countryside, but literally 3 miles away, is a town which looks like a city and has shopping centers and supermarkets so it is not too far to get everyday things. In fact, there's a Tesco in the same town that I live in so I have all the views of a countryside, yet I have a small town/city nearby. Manchester town center is only about 20 minutes away on the train so I am rather close to the main city aswell. If I had to choose though, it would most likely be the city as I would be nearer to bars, resteraunts and I love the city atmosphere in general.

Pretty much this. I live in a little village on the outskirts of Chester but it takes me about 15 minutes to cycle to the heart of the (pretty busy) city about 4 miles away. I think I'd prefer living where I do now though, in comparison to in the city.

[trip]

I don't think I could survive outside of the city. I like everything within walking distance too much.

[ryan_J]

I consider myself a city dweller but if I'm in the home country I always stay in rural areas!

[NateShaw92]

QUOTE (trip @ Sunday, Aug 5 2012, 14:44)

I don't think I could survive outside of the city. I like everything within walking distance too much.

small-medium towns have that, but then again several miles for me is a nice midnight stroll, not sure what normal peoples' ideas of walking distance \re.

[GTA_stu]

I've spent time in the countryside, and I can tolerate it but I sure as hell never want to live there. I like having access to stuff, and having that access immediately because I'm impatient. Everything is more expensive and less clean including the people. And whilst we're on the people, they tend to be pretty smelly and unkempt, making no effort to present themselves because they know that 95% of the lifeforms they come across will be cows and sheep. They're all middle aged and racist without exception, and you're lucky if you make through the day without some overzealous farmer sticking his sawn-off or pitch fork in your face for "tresspassing".

Internet connection is poor, mobile phone reception is poor, the dairy farmers are incredibly poor and on the whole it's just depressing. Everyone drives the same car, you get tractors holding you up and if you try to overtake them you'll probably die in a head on collision with your family members having to identify your mangled manure-smelling body.

I like my smog and my gangs of hoodies and my rambling tramps.

[Method]

The country suits me much better. I like being isolated of that sorts...

[Dollarhide]

I would rather live in a city.Small towns are much more dangerous than big cities,believe me.

[chris]

I live on the outskirts of a city so i have the best of both worlds really, if i wanta go ride motorbikes around dirt trails then i can but if i want to go shopping or clubbing then i can. Plus it's quiet where i live compared to some areas that have gang problems and stuff.

[Gst0395]

I live in a residential neighbourhood in the town of Chorley, Lancashire, which isn't too far away from Manchester. Very peaceful. I'd be fine living in a city though.

[Markwey]

QUOTE (Method @ Monday, Aug 6 2012, 20:29)

The country suits me much better. I like being isolated of that sorts...

Pretty much the same way how I'm feeling.
A small/medium sized town would propably be a nice place, but the big city life, I could try that, no doubt.
I would want to try all of them and then choose my own lifestyle and the place I want to live in.

This post has been edited by Markwey on Tuesday, Aug 7 2012, 22:06

[trip]

QUOTE (NateShaw92 @ Monday, Aug 6 2012, 20:00)

QUOTE (trip @ Sunday, Aug 5 2012, 14:44) I don't think I could survive outside of the city.  I like everything within walking distance too much. small-medium towns have that, but then again several miles for me is a nice midnight stroll, not sure what normal peoples' ideas of walking distance \re.

Everything?

I kid you not that I could get everything required for a nice existence without ever having to drive a car. I'm not even talking taking public transit or cabs.

Another benefit to living in a city is health and medical care. I have multiple world renowned hospitals within walking distance of my house. Even the world's best vet hospital (at the University of Penn) is wallkable.

[fatal1ty619]

I guess I'm split, since I lived in suburbs my whole life. Not country, or city. I live 1.5 miles from school, and I cross one major intersection. If I lived 1.5 miles from school in the city, I would have to pass 15 intersections, at least one car crash, and about 100 taxis, not to mention the many other people walking as well (I'm very antisocial). It is nice and quiet where I live, I can walk and listen to my music without worry of retards on foot and in car.

But, if I feel the need to experience this, I live 15 miles from Cleveland, a pretty major city. I can get my noise and confusion fix there.

[darthYENIK]

City life is fun. There's always something to do, and you don't have to look far for anything. Country life is awesome because the people are fewer, but much nicer. Especially the cops. I prefer the middle somewhere. I grew up in Riverside, CA, and it's a short drive from millions of people, and a short drive to complete isolation in the desert.

[ryan_J]

QUOTE (darthYENIK @ Wednesday, Aug 8 2012, 03:51)

City life is fun. There's always something to do, and you don't have to look far for anything. Country life is awesome because the people are fewer, but much nicer. Especially the cops. I prefer the middle somewhere. I grew up in Riverside, CA, and it's a short drive from millions of people, and a short drive to complete isolation in the desert.

That's one thing I have never experienced, I have lived in absolute isolation from other people in the middle of a rainforest (literally) and I have also lived (and currently do live) in a highly populated part of London. I have never had the experience of living somewhere in-between but its something I hope to experience sometime in my life, but I'm still young so I guess I have plenty of time to!

[Gst0395]

When I get older, I want to consider moving to a big city in the US like New York or Los Angeles. I guess I just like the vibes in those cities. I have been to New York City before, and really like the place for the most part. Times Square at night is an unbelievable sight.

[guib]

Country.

[Togrul]

QUOTE (Futurama_Freak1 @ Sunday, Aug 5 2012, 17:17)

The suburbs, the city sucks and the county sucks.

This. The city sucks because of the noise. The country sucks because of the cattle.
So i choose suburb

[OnePiece]

The suburbs suck. You don't have the freedom that people living in the country do and you cant just walk out the front door and find something to do like in the city. If you like sitting in a room playing games the suburbs are great but you can do that anywhere.

[Sup3rman]

I have lived in a city most of my life, mostly in normal apartment buildings. I have lived on third floor and twice on 8th floor. But i have always liked being out of the city, the openess and nature. Not so much noise. Beautiful scenery and everything. Now i live about 200m out of town Still an apartment building, small 3 floored one and i live on the third floor. It's nice and spaceous, also the view is great. Not many houses near us too, a field at the back of the house.
Still i wish to live in a seperate house, because it gives so much more options and i wish to live somewhere wehre there are no neighbours living next to you, at least not close. It gives more freedom.