You can keep your city life!

[Snusdog]

In twenty minutes (maybe a bit more)..........I'm on a trail 6000 feet above sea level..........

one day..........I'll just keep walking and never turn back

[Snusify]

I grew up in the country but moved to the city when I as 25 years old. There are 5.5 million people here in London but despite all the negative things you get with a large city. I like the fact that is provides me with the work I love to do something I would not get back home. I can see culture art music eat from many types of restaurants. But every now and then the drag of city life makes me wonder about living in a clean rural village with clean air and less crime etc.

[CoderGuy]

I have lived in the country, in suburbs, and in the city, and I much prefer the hustle and bustle of the city. I like being able to go anywhere and do anything in the city. Country living drove me nuts, way too laid back and I hate having to drive 40 miles to buy electronics (and having suckie TV and internet too). Suburbs were OK but still hate not having "things" around me. City is where it's at (but as Roo said, it pays living in a great city too).

[spirit72]

Spirit Columbus is a neat city, I spent a couple weeks there in the summer. The girl I was dating her grandfather was a lawyer with an office downtown. We got to go up in the office during the fireworks display it was awesome. The radio station had the music to go with the fireworks. I sat in the big lawyer leather chair with my feet up watchin the show it was cool. Oh and they had a movie theater where they served ya food and all like a resteraunt. Saw pulp fiction.

That would be 'Red, White and Boom', which is always the biggest party of the year in Columbus, but is way too chaotic for my tastes.

The 'Arena Grand', though, is a great place for dinner and a movie. They even have a bar in the theater too.

[devilock76]

You know the more places I go, the more I see people are the same everywhere. City, rural, suburban, it is all just varying shades of gray. Sometimes in cities i see more of the sense of community in some neighborhoods, and more of the being able to just walk to the corner store.

Suburban being the worst of both worlds I can see that especially in my area where it is urban sprawl leading to these isolated little subdivisions strung up off county roads with no sidewalks or anything worthwhile nearby, meanwhile they tack on tons of covenants on what you can and cannot do on your own property.

Ken

[Veganpunk]

I kinda like Suburbia. It has the quiet peaceful feel to it, but there is always a dark sinister seedy underbelly to every Suburbia.

[lxskllr]

...but there is always a dark sinister seedy underbelly to every Suburbia.

That would be me :^D

[snusgetter]

That would be me :^D

You are referring to tobacco seeds ..... right?!?
But don't they hurt the underbelly?

[truthwolf1]

I like the city but then hate the city and leave for the cabin. Then I get bored at the cabin and want to go back to the city.
Stupid circle

[ChaoticGemini]

I've lived in several locations and can't say I love cities or country-side or suburbs in general. Some cities, sucked (Chicago comes to mind). No matter where I have gone, there is always a part of me that longs for the lakes and trees of my childhood home in northeastern MI. The reality is, living there sucks, on multiple levels. So, until my husband is ready to retire, and we leave the country, we have found what works for us: We live in a city we like and once a year go back to stay in the family cottage on the lake for a week or two.

[desirexe]

I work downtown and the people at both of my banks know my name. Just sayin... and as it's sort of on topic, people in Portland Oregon are the friendliest city folk I've encountered anywhere. Especially the crack dealers north of Burnside lol, they need to initiate conversation to advertise their product. Seriously though, Portlanders are the best. Also the most promiscuous according to a survey that came out last week, followed by Seattle, firmly in the number 2 slot. (get it?)

Friendly & promiscuous after all bars close = stalkerish behavior! A few months ago after leaving the Saucebox at closing a group of my female friends and I were standing at a corner, waiting on my lame husband to pick us up...anyway, these creepy guys kept driving by trying to get us into their car. I hated to admit this while out but I finally had to disclose that I was married and he'd be arriving at any moment and was a big, sober and jealous type guy. Got those friendly, promiscuous punks away from us real fast! I know we were on a corner, maybe mistaken for pros, but those turds didn't even offer us any incentives besides a ride in their sweet Ford Taurus! LoL

[Mdisch]

It's dangerous to go alone these days :-) Even in the very safe Denmark, heh.
But I must add that even though I live in a somewhat small town (pop. 6-7000) people hardly know each other, but it might be because of the closed nature of the nordic people. Which is sort of why I want to go back to the U.S. where people are a lot more open, heh.