Town or City for you?

[MentalGiant]

Grew up in a mediumish (though inexplicably still very rural-feeling) community made up of a couple small towns all right near each other in northern AZ. Hated the attitude there, had to move.

Now I'm in Portland. I love it here, theres greenery, open minds and it's big but not too big.

[abaris]

Born in the big City, but raised in a small town on the outskirts of Vienna. Lived my whole life there, which is great,, since I know every bus and cab driver, grew up with some of them, went for a beer with many and can't help greeting people on the streets.

[Chad32]

I'm used to trees and animals. Actually when I was a christian child, I worried that heaven wouldn't have plants and animals. It would just have mansions, gold streets, and people. I asked my grandmother once if Jesus would let me sell my mansion to have a little house in the woods with dogs and other animals. I wouldn't even know what to do with a mansion, especially since I was told it wouldn't be a family mansion. I was expected to get one, and my sister would get one, and so forth.

Kind of silly when you think about it. Also wouldn't gold make poor pavement for streets?

[c172]

That does sound lonely. so many bedrooms, but only you (or I, or whichever singular person) to use them.

[Edwardo Piet]

Lived in the UK all my life.

Born in Wolverhampton, raised there almost 8 years. Finished being raised down in Norwich for over 10 years until age 18. Been other places since.

[downbeatplumb]

Cities scare me, too many damn people and everyone of them is cooler than me.

[Edwardo Piet]

We should both move to the same city. Then you'll have someone less cool than you.

[Nine]

Moved a ton as a kid. Think by the time I was 10 I'd moved more times than I'd had birthdays xD

Mostly small towns and a couple villages across the South of England. Lived in a Portsmouth for a year when I was 20. In general I'd say I don't like villages. It really reduces your options, they are isolating and difficult.

Lived in this town most of the time since I was 10 and I'm fairly content with it. Surrounded by trees and rolling hills in fact we are right in the middle of a massive national park.

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My town is hidden in those trees xD

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[Regina]

I was raised in a suburban neighbourhood (and not even a better one, it was still like a rough inner city area in character) and it's the worst of both worlds. You are so far from the city proper that there's nothing to do within walking distance from your house, but you're still in built-up area, so it's not like you get the outdoor activities you can get in a rural countryside setting. Once I move out of my parents' house, I don't think I'll ever do the suburbs again.

It has to be one or the other for me, it has to be either all-out city life, or countryside with fun outdoor activities.

[I_am_not_mafia]

Stevenage, a town of about 85,000, 30 miles from London. The first town in the UK to be classed as a 'New Town' after receiving a massive overhaul to cope with the population overspill of London after WW2. The birthplace of Lewis Hamilton, the setting for Howard's End, and a bittersweet relic of bombastic 40's and 50's zeal and short-sightedness.

Hah! I once had a girlfriend from Stevenage.

Personally I hate cities and the further away I am from civilisation and the further into the mountains the better. I even find Edinburgh stressful, albeit one of the better cities to live in. My husband wants out as well because he's originally from here and thought that he had moved on with his life. Munich was another city that wasn't too bad but I still preferred living just outside of it in a more rural town.

I think the happiest I've been is living in Crieff in Perthshire. I dream of one day living in Ullapool.