Are you a city person or a country person?

Like to live near or in the Mountains?



And prairies?



Or the Cities?



And suburbs?



City mouse here...

But I have to have a MAJOR city within a couple of hours drive. I gotta be entertained.

I live in the city and do my recreation in the country.

But it's where you hang your hat, in the end

Nothing wrong with either - I just can't live anywhere but a city

I couldn't do that in the country unless I were a farmer.

them we live semi-rural because we live on over a quarter acre within the city limits.



The Tikkis

I love living in big cities, and I love living out in the sticks. But my boyfriend is thoroughly suburban, so that's where we are.

It is what it is, and it's damn convenient

That's the trade off for being with my true love.

But our street is countryish, and we've got a big lot. So at least there's lots of gardening to do.

And, every retail chain store or restaurant chain you've ever heard of---we've got one just a few blocks away. Unfortunately, we're within walking distance from the Olive Garden and WalMart.

I could never live in a landlocked place

I miss NY so bad. Phoenix is too rural for me. :P

But there is some breathtaking country in this state. The desert has a beauty all its own.

Sedona has become one of my favorite places on Earth:

have you been there lately? it's a joke that sailed over my head, right?

there are, literally, millions of people in phoenix/scottsdale, a city surpassed in the ugliness of its urban sprawl only by los angeles herself (altho i do like that camelback mtn thing they have and the quail that walk around with their quiffs on their heads)

I'm from NY so naturally anywhere else is a hick town. :P (I agree with you on LA, the ugliest city on Earth)

The one thing I like about living in the Valley is the proximity of nature...yeah, the Phoenix metro area is a hive of scum and urban sprawl (not to mention ghastly in its blandness), but at least it's somewhat checked by the reservations on all sides.

We do have pretty sunsets, though.

in an ideal world i would be happy out in the country with no one for miles around but you can't live in a capitalistic society like that and still pay your medical bills even if you can wrestle your own deer to the ground and pluck wild garlic from the fields

I can do nature for short stints, but ultimately, I love the plethora of stuff available in cities.

I am a city mouse!

I love civilization: museums, concerts, big supermarkets, libraries and like that!

But I also love to visit the countryside, and take in the mountain landscapes, with the lakes, the rivers and waterfalls...

But then I want to go home to my town where I feel safe...

:hi:

I love visiting cities but I also think of them as big heaps of trash when it comes down to it.. waiting to be over-taken by nature after we kill ourselves off :D

I like taking trips to the country, but my natural habitat is the city.

I like looking at mountains, but I'm so glad I don't live in them. After spending a summer in the mountains outside of Denver, I realized that I practically start to panic when I'm that far away from the ocean for an extended period of time. Also, I can't take the harsh climate in the mountains. Also, some of those mountain folk were frickin' SCARY. :scared:

I liked living on the East Coast (DC) for awhile, but it was always a four-hour drive through thick traffic to get to the ocean.

It isn't really rural, but it is not urban or suburban because the town existed independently of the city before automobiles. I felt like I could live the way I wanted out in the sticks. I could park on the street, go snorkling in any of the lakes, hike in the woods without trespassing or needing to go to a park etc. Around here on the edge of the Cleveland area it is like a police state.

Love rural but it has one problem, distance from good medical care. Watched my parents, as they got old, have to make the 120-mile one way drive to Amarillo for specialists, said I'd never repeat their mistakes. So - we settled in a rural area 240 miles from Albuquerque, 150 miles from El Paso, 200 miles from Tucson. Had a knee replacement in Tucson, if you have a heart attack you're air-lifted to Albuquerque, if you are injured you're air-lifted to El Paso.

I can only take being in the country for short time periods. I like being within walking distance of shopping and schools. I also like having a relatively short commute to work.

But I do like to be able to visit cities (e.g., for cultural pursuits) easily. At the moment I can be in central London in little over an hour, yet live pretty much surrounded by woods and fields.

:hi: Born and raised in Atlanta and have lived in suburban areas all my life. I love traveling and visiting the country, but I'm going to live in a city. :) My sister, however, married a dairy farmer and lives in the sticks now and loves it.

But the country is cool too...

minutes drive to enjoy scenery like this:

Well, they have hot laidees and bars too.

:D

Edit: spelling .. I still like ladies spelled this way better though

Close enough to the city but not IN the city.

I enjoy visiting the city to play or shop.

But I must live in the country for my peace of mind.

with coyotes and turkeys the sounds for me.

Regards, Mugu

I grew up in the sticks with almost no modern conveniences, but really enjoy living in the city despite missing the wide open spaces and whatnot.

The city is easier to get around in, especially without a car. There's generally more to do, or more options anyway. Although jerks and nice people live everywhere, I found that the country people were nicer on a surface level, but only if you fit into their mold, and various negative -isms were far too abundant where I grew up. The city is a bit rougher in some ways, but I enjoy the diversity of people and cultures you tend to find, as well as in the art & music worlds.

I don't miss the "I'm proud to be a ignorant redneck" shtick or the racist "South will rise again" shtick - which sadly you can find in the north as well as the south, thanks I suppose to lack of quality geography/history education all over.