What life do you prefer?

[Gothic Sponge]

[IronLionZion]

1. I've lived in rural and suburban areas

and one thing they have in common are Republicans!

[Gothic Sponge]

4. True

I'm at a loss. I live in suburbs, but want a rural life....without repugs. What to do?

[WMliberal]

7. rural massachusetts! n/t

[m-jean03]

2. I voted Urban

I like "Sesame Street" kind of settings.

[Fleshdancer]

3. Urban

I like being able to have most things within walking or biking distance.

[Donkeyboy75]

5. Urban

I love where I live...public transportation gets one almost anywhere...and I can walk to perform all of my errands. I think I'm moving soon, though... :cry:

[m-jean03]

6. Where to?

[Donkeyboy75]

17. Don't know yet.

I've had or am having a few interviews in May. It will seem that there is no method to the madness, but that's by design. The possibilities are (in increasing order of attractiveness) : Indianapolis, London, San Diego or Cork, Ireland. There's also a possibility I'll stay here in the City With Big Shoulders.

[m-jean03]

25. Lucky,

How exciting for you!

[Donkeyboy75]

26. Maybe.

We'll see. I really love this city. It will be really hard for me to leave it.

[DemExpat]

8. Urban....love the conveniences.

As long as I can regularly escape the crowds for peace and solitude!

DemEx

[Don_G]

9. I Grew Up In Both

But I prefer my neighbor knocking on my front door to quietly share a common garden problem or a glass of buttermilk rather than having a car alarm go off outside my apartment window and/or provide a credit card receipt to the cops to prove "I wasn't there at the time."

My home is by "Invite Only" and I don't appreciate a "hassle" in my castle.

[Kali]

10. But I wish

Some of the other folks who think they want a rural life would get a clue. Rural is NOT about good police service, garbage pick up, paved roads or walmarts in every freaking village!

[Gothic Sponge]

11. Understood

I just want to live somewhere that's not all cement. I want to live around trees and grass.

[achtung_circus]

12. or street lights, the neighbours may be farmers with the associated smells

or sounds, I've heard urban expatriates complaining about the "noise" the coyotes make.

[Kali]

28. or livestock

have a well meaning neighbor who bought and fed alfalfa hay to some desert/range cows then couldn't get them to stay out of his yard...welll duh! Sorta like having a fridge full of beer when the drunken brother in law is in town. Expect him to just leave?

[achtung_circus]

29. Hi Kali

does the name have anything to do with thugee?

[Kali]

32. ahhh, finally

No, its actually my given name and my parents, both anthropologists, say it was a Native American name. I have never seen it as such - though mentioned once in somehting related to Columbian drug trafficking. Anybody who recognizes it is in the context you did. Nasty bitch huh? My husband relates sometimes...heh heh

[arwalden]

13. I've Had All Three... I Like Rural Much Better

-- Allen

[TheMightyFavog]

14. The problem with rural life is.....

In most rural areas, being a Democrat and a liberal is tantamount to being a traitor.

Sad, really, back in the early parts of the 230th Century, Rural areas (at least in Wisconsin) were the bastions of the progressive movement.

[ikojo]

20. You should read the cover story in the April 2004 issue

of Harpers. It's all about how the rural areas of America wen from being bastions of progressive thought to the exact opposite, often at the expense of the working class.

[mitchtv]

24. me too

each has its drawbacks but give me rural. I'm so sorry that I moved to the 'burbs

[Rowdyboy]

15. Small town, semi-rural near a major city....

The perfect confluence...Close enough to the city to benefit from the restaurants/exhibits etc but far enough away to avoid the crime and urban problems.

[achtung_circus]

30. In Ontario

Toronto actually has a lower crime rate than the small towns.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

16. Rural.........

I gotta see the stars!

I have done urban in the past, could do it again if the sitch was right.

[Champ]

18. Both at the same time

I like to be able to constantly meet new people, the convienences, the city life, etc while having that option to disappear somewhere like in a rural area and reflect.

[ikojo]

19. I live in suburban St Louis but in one of the inner ring

suburbs, Univ. City. At one time U City was THE Jewish suburb (a la St Louis Park, MN) Now, many Jews live in West County although there is a sizeable orthodox Jewish community in western U City. It's very urban in many ways. I am within walking distance of a newsstand and many fine restaurants. I have lived in the same building for 11.5 years now. I love it.

I could not imagine living in the western suburbs. I find the conformity stifling.

[SarahB]

21. Probably rural

If the rural was not freeperland and perhaps within an hour or two or a decent city. I've lived in urban, suburban, and rural. I like quiet and peace and privacy. Urban would be in second place because it's easier to get lost in a crowd if you want and hook up with people more similarly minded. Currently, I live in suburban because it can be nice for children, but it doesn't necessarily fit for me.

[Nikia]

22. Large towns

They don't even have to be exactly large. I mean a municipality large enough to have decent size grocery stores, a hospital, most things that I would want or need to buy more than a couple times per year, restaurants, good public services, parks, a newspaper, and where "outsiders" aren't viewed with suspicion. Such towns are usually considered rural since they aren't metropolitain but they aren't exactly what one thinks of rural either. They are good, safe, affordable places live without insance traffic and lots of greenery.

[LDS Jock]

23. Urban.. New York is where I'd rather stay

I get allergic smelling hay
I just adore a penthouse view
Darling I love you
but give me Park Avenue...OK, I stole that from Green Acres

I grew up in a small town, 1,367 people now, but moved to the city when I could. I love living in the city and I don't even wanna live in the suburbs. I want to be in the middle of everything.

[DS1]

27. *sigh* This the problem, the suburbs used to be rural, now they

aren't good enough, sprawl sprawl sprawl stagger sprawl stagger stagger sprawl stagger sprawl

/Yellowbeard

[Endangered Specie]

31. I think you are missing a No life thread...

you could name it "grad school life" ;)

[MrSlayer]

33. City boy all the way.

I can't sleep unless I hear sirens and people screaming at each other.

[LWolf]

34. Rural

I moved to town 3 years ago. And I hate it.