Are you City or Country?

[francisca]

I picked country/city, but really I live in the suburbs. I grew up in the sticks, but only a 20-minute drive from small industrial cities and about an hour outside Chicago. Big cities make me very uncomfortable. It's not crime or anything, they're just too full of people.

EDIT: Ok, Francisca and I both posted at the same time with basically the same life story. *cue Twilight Zone music*

So, perhaps you are from somewhere in Lake County, IN too?

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Other - somewhat rural suburbia.

I like having a lot of trees and a more country setting around my home, but I don't like being too far from a city.

 

[Aeolius]

I dislike one-way streets, parallel parking, clusters of tall buildings, and crowds of people. I am now building a home on 20 acres and have horses, alpacas, and goats (and dogs, cats, birds, fish, etc). You do the math.

Greensboro, NC has a population of 230,000 and I consider that to be as big a city as one ever needs to be stuck near. Summerfield, NC has a population of 7,000 and that seems to be just fine, for me.

“That’s the problem, when you go out into the world; you meet PEOPLE!” - Around the World in 80 Days

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Grew up on a small rural farm. It was 4 miles of dirt road to the highway from where I lived. Spent uncountable hours playing in the fields and woods, exploring creeks and caves, gathering fossils and catching snakes, lizards, rabbits, etc (much to my parents' chagrin).

After my dad died, my mom sold the farm and I moved to one of Arkansas' larger cities (Jonesboro). Lived there until I got married, and now I live in central Arkansas, in a city of about 44, 000. As much as I loved growing up the way I did, I have to say I prefer living where I do now. Big cities, though, I loathe. I lived a year in St. Louis, and was utterly miserable.

 

[JimAde]

So, perhaps you are from somewhere in Lake County, IN too?

Actually I'm from south-east Wisconsin (Kenosha County). Our house was all surrounded by farms, but Milwaukee was only 30-40 minutes away and Chicago about an hour. You can get to downtown Racine in about 20 minutes. At the time it never struck me as unusual, but now I realize it's a fairly odd situation.

 

[CarlZog]

Other.

I was born and raised on the beach in South Florida. Developmentwise, the area is mostly a big suburban sprawl, but I literally spent most of my time at the beach and on the water.

I ended up in downtown Boston for a few years. That was VERY city. A great town.

Now I'm in Providence, RI, a small to medium-sized city and a nice balance. It's a pretty place with an interesting culture.

Although after the last couple winters, I've started thinking its time to head back home -- at least for a few months a year. Cold weather has definitely lost its novelty with me.

Carl

 

[CarlZog]

Our house was all surrounded by farms, but Milwaukee was only 30-40 minutes away and Chicago about an hour. You can get to downtown Racine in about 20 minutes. At the time it never struck me as unusual, but now I realize it's a fairly odd situation.

Actually, I don't think it's that unusual. You might be surprised how easy it is to get to farmland from most of America's cities. Driving to GenCon, Indianapolis seemed to just spring up from nowhere out of the middle of a cornfield.

A half-hour from Donald Trump's mansion on Palm Beach and you're in the heart of cattle country.

Even in the congested northeast, you don't have to drive too far out of Boston or New York City to end up in the country.

Carl

 

[barsoomcore]

Grew up in central BC. Cities (if you count Calgary) since 1982, (if you count Tokyo) since 1992.

Don't think country living would agree with me now. But you never know...

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I live in the city, now. But - I long for small-town South Dakota living.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Hey QD! Did you get your paper back yet? How'd you do?