We all have our own preference for living space so tell me your preference and I'll tell you mine. Personally I couldn't live in a large city I'd just be perpetually bumbed out and I'd hate the smog and having people everywhere. It'd just be a hot sweaty shithole in my opinion. I'm glad I live in a rural area. To put it charitably life in a big city long term would just be hell for me.
Poll: Would you rather live in a big city or a small town?
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There's a difference between a small town and rural area - a small town would be fine, but I think I'd find a rural area too inconvenient, and rural services in the UK are shit. I'd pass on a big city in the long term, but I'd maybe like to live in one for a year or two, just to see how it goes. Not London though, 'tis a silly place.
I'd rather live in a big city, even though I'm not fond of crowds all that much. Big cities tend to have far more variety when it comes to restaurants and stores.
Plus places in a big city tend to stay open longer than those in a small city.
Plus places in a big city tend to stay open longer than those in a small city.
I've lived in both, and small town is always preferable for me.
Not that I'd want to live out in the country or anything, but my current home has about 180,000 people last estimate and it's almost perfect. Traffic's still annoyingly thick on Friday but what can you do.
Not that I'd want to live out in the country or anything, but my current home has about 180,000 people last estimate and it's almost perfect. Traffic's still annoyingly thick on Friday but what can you do.
I live in Reno, NV. "The Biggest Little City in the World" as it's called. And I've lived here all my life, so my view is probably slanted a bit, but anyway, I think this place is a perfect balance between the two. It's big enough that there is stuff to do, jobs to find, and new people to meet, but it's not so large that you feel like a speck, or that you have to wait two hours in traffic just to reach your job.
Space is nice, but convenience and proximity to friends, family, and employment is always the deciding factor.
Personally, I'd like to go live in a shack in the middle of nowhere. But realistically, that shack would have crappy internet, and I'd never get to see my friends or hit up KFC at eleven PM. And God help me if I want to see a movie.
So, yeah. Suburbs it is.
Personally, I'd like to go live in a shack in the middle of nowhere. But realistically, that shack would have crappy internet, and I'd never get to see my friends or hit up KFC at eleven PM. And God help me if I want to see a movie.
So, yeah. Suburbs it is.
I grew up in the country all my life, and I do kind of miss being able to fuck around in a backyard, but I much prefer living in the city.I like living in a place where I can walk to the grocery store, or walk down to a pub and have a drink and a burger, even if the closest shooting range is a thirty minute drive awayMadmatty said:
I say big city due to have easier access to the stores I liked (HMV, Waterstone or a comicstore and video game store etc) and building like a cinema.
The last place I lived was a small town. The only decent store was Woolworth and I had to get my games from this small indepedant store. I had to take the next closest city to go to the cinema and even then that cinema suck!
I'm glad the current town I lived is bigger despite being a tourist resort. I can go to HMV and Waterstone and aswell the massive toystore and Currys. Sure I have to go the next town for the cinema but at least it only take 10 minutes by train!
The last place I lived was a small town. The only decent store was Woolworth and I had to get my games from this small indepedant store. I had to take the next closest city to go to the cinema and even then that cinema suck!
I'm glad the current town I lived is bigger despite being a tourist resort. I can go to HMV and Waterstone and aswell the massive toystore and Currys. Sure I have to go the next town for the cinema but at least it only take 10 minutes by train!
Depends on the city and the town.
I would LOVE to live in a small american midwest town or an english coastal town inside a lighthouse, should I have a stable income and career.
Or a big city, providing it isn't too polluted.
I would LOVE to live in a small american midwest town or an english coastal town inside a lighthouse, should I have a stable income and career.
Or a big city, providing it isn't too polluted.
Saying that I currently live in a small town right now (and for the past...nearly 4 years) would be a vast overstatement of what exactly is around me. Just under a year ago we got a Dollar General which is about a 5 minute drive from my house and aside from that, there's some fast food places about another 10 minute drive away from that...and both are in the opposite direction of an actual town with actual stores. After so much time in this kind of environment, I want nothing more than to return to a city with people, diversity, mass transit...I went to DC last week for the first time in years and felt nearly overstimulated but so happy to be in a place where I could leave the place I was staying and WALK to places.
So...where's the option for Suburbs?
I prefer to live outside a big city but not so far as to be in a small town. Geez, where's the non-absolutist options these days?
More importantly...don't you know that when you make a poll on the Escapist you have to include an option for BACON?!?!?!? Where's the bacon option?!?!?!?
*swoons for lack of bacon*
I prefer to live outside a big city but not so far as to be in a small town. Geez, where's the non-absolutist options these days?
More importantly...don't you know that when you make a poll on the Escapist you have to include an option for BACON?!?!?!? Where's the bacon option?!?!?!?
*swoons for lack of bacon*
I've lived in a small town all my life and I quite enjoyed it.
I've traveled to big cities and while they are great and interesting places to visit from time to time, I'd certainly wouldn't want to live or raise a family there.
Just my opinion.
I've traveled to big cities and while they are great and interesting places to visit from time to time, I'd certainly wouldn't want to live or raise a family there.
Just my opinion.
I've lived in both, and yea, not even close. I'd take a large city over where I have to live now.
What is a small town or a big city?
The largest city in Norway has only 500K inhabitants, and the second largest only 250K.
I'm not sure if I could live in a "big city" even if I wanted to whitout leaving for another country.
That being said, I prefer living in a rural area not too far from "civilization".
The largest city in Norway has only 500K inhabitants, and the second largest only 250K.
I'm not sure if I could live in a "big city" even if I wanted to whitout leaving for another country.
That being said, I prefer living in a rural area not too far from "civilization".
