Country or City?
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My hometown is 5 minutes from the 3rd largest shopping centre in the North of England, and 10 minutes from the centre of the 4th largest city in Britain. It's also 5 minutes from the Peak District National Park.
I choose both.
I choose both.
CAMAROBOY69
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I live in the city. Its not a huge city but still my yard can be mowed in about 10 minutes since its so small. I like where I live and im happy I bought the house. The next place I buy will have at least 10-20 acres of land so I can take make a dirtbike trail or mabey even do a little off roading. I wouldnt want to live too far from the city because it sucks driving more than 20 minutes just to pick up milk or parts for the vehicles.
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I used to live way out in the sticks, and I've also lived a large-ish city. Now I live in a small city. All-in-all this is a good compromise. We really loved our country house but after the first kid was born it was just too inconvenient. When we retire we'll probably move farther out. We'd never live in a huge city; we like it quiet and clean.
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I love to go in the deep woods (mostly for paintballing 
) and I'd love to have a house surrounded by HUGE trees, but since I live in Arizona, those huge trees are mostly palm trees... anyway I like being close enough to be able to get to best buy and the mall in 10 mins but also the middle of nowhere in 10 mins. It's great I can go to the mall or the desert (the desert BTW is teh perfect place to have a little fun with your car, long straight road, no cops 
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) and I'd love to have a house surrounded by HUGE trees, but since I live in Arizona, those huge trees are mostly palm trees... anyway I like being close enough to be able to get to best buy and the mall in 10 mins but also the middle of nowhere in 10 mins. It's great I can go to the mall or the desert (the desert BTW is teh perfect place to have a little fun with your car, long straight road, no cops )
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i'd rather live in the country...i hate the city...too crowded, garbage and criminals round every corner, polluted, noisy and not a spot of unspoiled nature in sight, even outside the city you can't ride your mountainbike without having to cross streets, highways and railtracks all the time and powerlines are always around you.
i'd love to live somewhere far away from every civilisation, in a lonely fjord or up in some mountains, but with water, power and internet of course, otherwise i surely died.
i'd love to live somewhere far away from every civilisation, in a lonely fjord or up in some mountains, but with water, power and internet of course, otherwise i surely died.
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country is refreshing when you go there like 2 times a year, but permantly its a pain in the ass. City is funner too.
Sage
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I live in the country right now, and it works out fine. The drive to school is a bit long (20 minutes), and we don't have access to any broadband services, but otherwise, everything's taken care of (we have our own solar panels, generators, gas tank, and a water well). And it's nice to see bobcats in your yard and be able to hand-feed the bunnies and raccoons.
I will never, ever live in the city unless I have to (college), but I'll probably live in suburban areas for most of my adult life, since it's the best compromise between the two.
I will never, ever live in the city unless I have to (college), but I'll probably live in suburban areas for most of my adult life, since it's the best compromise between the two.
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Famine
Like Val Kilmer in the only Batman film that rocked my boat ...
There is very little country left in the first place so a very small percentage lives on it - the question is mostly city or village, but even in a village a city is always very nearby. Nevertheless, there's still some country left, in the North, East and South. But I couldn't live there, I need something like where I'm now, which is about halfway.
I live in the fastest growing city in the Netherlands, grown from 0 to 160.000 in 25 years and looking to reach 230.000 in 2010. It's a city that mostly intends to provide a decent place to live for those mostly young families that can no longer afford to live in Amsterdam, which has risen this year to the 24th most expensive city in the world (from something like 48th last year). The city is divided into four major sections, and the section I live in is not the real center, but a little more on the outside. I guess you could call it suburbia. The area I live in is very green and nice and I can put on my rollerblades or take my bike to enjoy a good bit of nature, but I can walk to the train station in 5 minutes and there's a fairly decent city center and a big section next to it that combines all sorts of shops that have to do with homes (e.g. furniture, carpets, paints, plants, electronics, and so on).
However, finding a place in the Netherlands where you can walk for more than 10 minutes without meeting anyone is pretty hard. This is something we greatly envy in other countries, which is why many Dutch tend to go on holiday a lot and often far away, and emigration is a big thing too - countries like Canada are popular spots for farmers for example, who don't really have a future over here.
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Famine
So Famine - you also live in Sheffield?
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Sadly not anymore. But it's still my hometown, and my dad still lives in the same house.
That said, the part of the South-East I live in is mostly country, yet I live in a large-ish developing town (International Station... Hint hint). But Sunday opening doesn't seem to have reached these people yet...
That said, the part of the South-East I live in is mostly country, yet I live in a large-ish developing town (International Station... Hint hint). But Sunday opening doesn't seem to have reached these people yet...
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If I'm going to live in the city, I want to live in Chicago or New York City. Otherwise, I'm fairly happy where I am; close enough to the city so I can get to the mall and Best Buy, etc. in 15 minutes, but our neighborhood has fairly big backyards and nice parks. On the other hand, if I were to live in the country it'd be because I'd own a farm or something to that effect. When I retire, I want to move to a nice house next to a forest or a river.
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I live in a dinky town of 12,000 people outside of Milwaukee and don't like it. To go to any store, like Best Buy, you have to drive 25 miles. It stinks. I wish I still lived in Milwaukee. When I grow up I hope to live in Charleston, South Carolina where it is warm and you don't get cold winter's with snow.
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What i do at the moment is live at the suburbs but a bit of land so i can keep my horse and i work in the city!! It rox cause i got the 2 worlds!! 
I live in a small town in the middle of the Rocky Mountains. Vail also boasts being the city with the largest anual population change in the world. Going from 3500 residents in the spring and fall to almost 40,000 in the winter.
The area is beautiful, especially in the summer, but I'm finding that I lack things to do, especially during the winter when all there really is to do here is get drunk and ski/snowboard, neither of these things interest me anymore.
I've grown tired of the small town life and that's precisely why I'll be moving to Los Angeles within the next few months. New job, promotion, more money, and no more snow, I can't wait!
The area is beautiful, especially in the summer, but I'm finding that I lack things to do, especially during the winter when all there really is to do here is get drunk and ski/snowboard, neither of these things interest me anymore.
I've grown tired of the small town life and that's precisely why I'll be moving to Los Angeles within the next few months. New job, promotion, more money, and no more snow, I can't wait!
Cap'n Jack
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I like small suburbs, like mine and...VIPERGTSR01's suburb, actully its not too small, its the biggest suburb in Adelaide apparently. Its great for me, because there are lots of kids my age and not much old people.
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It seems like all of LA is moving to Phoenix. In a few years Phoenix will be like LA.
I've been thinking more about small town life. When I was younger it seemed important to live in a city, like it was un-cool to live anywhere else. I've changed, though. Small town life seems more attractive, and I find myself looking online at real estate and jobs in places like Wisconsin.
I've been thinking more about small town life. When I was younger it seemed important to live in a city, like it was un-cool to live anywhere else. I've changed, though. Small town life seems more attractive, and I find myself looking online at real estate and jobs in places like Wisconsin.
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I just discovered my city has a spanking brand new Arcade, with F355 Challenge multiplayer setups, Time Crisis 3, Dance Revolution, etc. Awesome, now I'll never move anywhere else. (ok, that's a big exaggeration, but I was pleased to discover this nevertheless, Arcades have been disappearing everywhere and now suddenly a brand new one appears, great)
(ok, that's a big exaggeration, but I was pleased to discover this nevertheless, Arcades have been disappearing everywhere and now suddenly a brand new one appears, great)
