Post by twothousandonemark on Jun 10, 2022 2:05:32 GMT
City. Country is where I prefer to visit... yet if I had to live rural, I'd lose my mind. I live adjacent Toronto, & whenever I visit 'smaller' Ottawa even it feels boring after 72hrs.
I'm in between. I live in a suburb. Fairly quiet neighborhood, little traffic. We have a huge backyard with deer, wild turkey and even bear that frequent our hospitality. Yet I'm 10 minutes away from downtown Buffalo and 10 minutes from anything I want. I lived in the big city, didn't care for it. But I couldn't live too far into the sticks.
Looking on, she sings the songs. The words she knows, the tune she hums
Which do you like living in better? City or country. I will that the bottom picture any day of the week. How about you?
Over the years I've lived in both the city and the country and find I don't really have a preference, as I think they both have their good and bad points.
However, for the last 10 or 11 years I've lived in a tiny country town in a rural setting and there's nowhere else I'd sooner have lived during a global pandemic.
I either own or have access to everything I need - and most of what I want - so I'm quite content to stay where I am indefinitely.
Country 100%. I like to wake up to the sound of birds singing, not traffic. I like to breathe in the fresh air, not smog. I like rolling green countryside, not concrete. I like wildflowers and natural forests, not manicured lawns and cookie cutter houses. I like watching wildlife and sunsets and fireflies and shooting stars, not television. And I like picking produce from the vine, not the supermarket. I don't mind visiting cities sometimes, but I always feel claustrophobic there. Too many people, and too much concrete.
Which do you like living in better? City or country. I will that the bottom picture any day of the week. How about you?
Over the years I've lived in both the city and the country and find I don't really have a preference, as I think they both have their good and bad points.
However, for the last 10 or 11 years I've lived in a tiny country town in a rural setting and there's nowhere else I'd sooner have lived during a global pandemic.
I've either own or have access to everything I need - and most of what I want - so I'm quite content to stay where I am indefinitely.
Agreed. I can barely stand going into the suburbs for an afternoon, let alone a city, without driving back to the country as fast as I can.
"May all sentient beings be free from suffering." the Buddha
I'm in between. I live in a suburb. Fairly quiet neighborhood, little traffic. We have a huge backyard with deer, wild turkey and even bear that frequent our hospitality. Yet I'm 10 minutes away from downtown Buffalo and 10 minutes from anything I want. I lived in the big city, didn't care for it. But I couldn't live too far into the sticks.
Same situation for me except the city is Albuquerque. Santa Fe is an hour's drive.
In the last two years of the 1960s I was stationed in the military in Syracuse and my #2 son is a long time resident of Rochester, so I know a little something about the upstate New York snow belt. I really enjoyed my time there.
I'm in between. I live in a suburb. Fairly quiet neighborhood, little traffic. We have a huge backyard with deer, wild turkey and even bear that frequent our hospitality. Yet I'm 10 minutes away from downtown Buffalo and 10 minutes from anything I want. I lived in the big city, didn't care for it. But I couldn't live too far into the sticks.
Describes my situation almost exactly except the city is Albuquerque and a few minutes farther along. Santa Fe is an hour's drive.
In the last two years of the 1960s I was stationed in the military in Syracuse and my #2 son is a long time resident of Rochester, so I know a little something about the upstate New York snow belt. I really enjoyed my time there.
I'm in between. I live in a suburb. Fairly quiet neighborhood, little traffic. We have a huge backyard with deer, wild turkey and even bear that frequent our hospitality. Yet I'm 10 minutes away from downtown Buffalo and 10 minutes from anything I want. I lived in the big city, didn't care for it. But I couldn't live too far into the sticks.
Same situation for me except the city is Albuquerque. Santa Fe is an hour's drive.
In the last two years of the 1960s I was stationed in the military in Syracuse and my #2 son is a long time resident of Rochester, so I know a little something about the upstate New York snow belt. I really enjoyed my time there.
People laugh at our winters and tell me "How can you live there?" But I'd rather have all my winters more than one day of your current weather. We have never had a 100+ degree day here and I'm happy with that. 90F is brutal to me.
Looking on, she sings the songs. The words she knows, the tune she hums
Thanks for all the response's. Mystery gave my favorite and I agree 100%
"Country 100%. I like to wake up to the sound of birds singing, not traffic. I like to breathe in the fresh air, not smog. I like rolling green countryside, not concrete. I like wildflowers and natural forests, not manicured lawns and cookie cutter houses. I like watching wildlife and sunsets and fireflies and shooting stars, not television. And I like picking produce from the vine, not the supermarket. I don't mind visiting cities sometimes, but I always feel claustrophobic there. Too many people, and too much concrete."
I’ve lived in the country for almost my whole life. The nearest big city is Montreal, which is dirty and under constant construction. This morning I lay there at 4:30 listening to birds singing and bullfrogs croaking.
Which do you like living in better? City or country. I will that the bottom picture any day of the week. How about you?
That lower picture looks awfully familiar to me. If that is not Lake George, it could not be more than 100 miles from it. If it were not for the Adirondack chairs I would say it could be any lake in the world. I miss the North Country but I could not take another cold winter up there. Maybe time to make the trip from Florida for a couple of weeks.
