Location: What Type of Person are You?

[Shu]

Title sort of says it, but the main question is.. are you a city person or are you a country person? Expand as much as possible. I'd like to know more about the community and their general lifestyle.

It's really simple.. though I'll wait to put my actual response once I have read through a few.

 

[The Witch]

Hmm, well, I'm a bit of both.

For as long as I could remember I loved big cities like New York and stuff. When I was really young and me and my older brother would watch baseball he was always the Red Sox and I was the Yankees, so I guess city-life just ran through me naturally. My mom always says to me any time I say how I plan on moving to the big apple; "I lived on long island, New York isn't pretty and it isn't fun." But... that's not how I see it, I love how New York(and cities like it) look. In a matter of fact, there's nothing about the city life that I don't love.

I live in the country side and I know that's it's about as interesting as paper bag... and that's on a good day. The city life offers you chances to meet different people, to explore different scenarios. Makes you feel like you're a part of something. In a city you get to walk everywhere, everyone's close together(space wise) there's just always something going on and I love that.

However, I really do love the nature side that living in the country has to offer. I love being able to go swimming or hiking in the woods, or even being able to see the stars at night. That sort of stuff I'd miss really badly if I left the country.

So, I'm kinda stuck in between city and country. That said, I sometimes feel that although I was born in the mountain areas of California... I really feel like being in a city is something I at least have to try for a while.

(sorry if I didn't understand the topic very well )

 

[Bambi]

City, defo. I'd love to live in the city centre. I need to be near my ameneties. As much as country life seems like it would be nice, Id be bored out of my skull after a couple of weeks and Id probably flip my lid over the shop not being open when I want it to be

Everything is just in walking distance or a short train ride into the centre of Manchester.

 

[Harlequin]

I live in Camden central London so everything is almost literally on my doorstep but it does mean that some nights there are drunken idiots having shouting matches at eachother in the street. Luckily London is a very green city considering how big it is, but no one knows one another, people bump into you on the street and don't say sorry all the time and one thing that only seems to bug me is people calling you over bs. If I lived in an area that wasn't so accessible people wouldn't come round my house to waste my time. If I didn't pick up the phone I ain't in damn! Don't knock on my door to double check.

The countryside looks awesome, I wish I lived out there with stars you can actually see and air that you can actually breathe.

 

[Shu]

As a note @Calipso this is meant to be your interpretation, anything to expand on it works for me. Unless someone says "I live in the city... and I like living in the city" without expanding.

 

[Sexy Beast]

This is a tough one, actually. For a weekend just to clear my head, I become a country person, and just relax out there, but then there's the fact that I've always been a city boy. Now, I'm not talking about New York or anything like that, but just something a little smaller. I don't like all that busy-ass traffic.

Though, the more I think about it, I would just be bored of country life after at least a month, and I would just miss being walking distance from my favorite corner store.

 

[Shu]

I'm the opposite, I would rather live in the country and get away to the city. I like the city, but in moderation. The problem with where I live, it's still a college scene. Do I want to hang out with 18-23 years old's still in college? No. I would occasionally if it's folks I know, but not total trim (sorry to be sexist but these girls.. christ almight they wear very revealing clothes) that are still thinking I'm available when I have a ring on. I want to just be able to chill, and not worry about being hit on, in case some how it gets back, and nothing is my fault .

I want to be able to be in the country, but I also want to be able to be in proximity of a city by like 15 minutes or so. I hate not having the ability to take it to a pub to watch a game, and always having to worry about cops when driving back home even if you can manage your liquor. The country is easy going for me, I'm used to it, I need my distance from people after work. I don't want to constantly say hello, or bump into people I know. Too much people is a bad thing .

Rolling hills is where I came from, Nashville, TN. It had the country aspect, but also the city aspect to correspond to it. Good music, good people, and just a general laid back atmosphere. I can dress up, but honestly, I could go to a bar with a t-shirt on to some places too.

In big cities like NYC though, it seems it's all pretty prestigious and I'd get so depressed looking at skyscrapers. 200,000 people walking by each other and not even saying hello. It would be the death of me, that or I would be a criminal. (not joking). I'd be one of those people you see jumping from a 1451 ft building (sears). Granted I love to visit, but I can't stand beyond a few days without feeling polluted.

The country frees me.. and my dang mind. If I can go on a run through the hills.. or down to the ponds/lakes/rivers/streams and occasionally to the mountains/beach, I'm all set. It doesn't help I'm an adrenaline junky, and seeing the same thing every day would make me go insane.

 

[Roland_Deschain]

Great thread! I am going to break it down into three groups.

Rasing a family = Country for sure, one must learn to enjoy the beauty and pureness of the world before they live to enjoy big buildings in the city. I say this because it is much harder the other way around. I grew up in Iowa and the storms, sky, fresh air, rivers and everything is just soooo amazing. The land and houses are soooo afordable that it makes me laugh at the idea of raising a family and living in a city. Its also much safer.

After working in Yellowstone I have to also give credit to the mountain regions of America, for they truly are the most beautiful places in our country imo. I am also extremely fascinated with the Pacific Northwest, such as Oregon or washington.

As for the dessert, my father lives there in Gilbert Arizona... I can not stand that. Nothing is worse for me then the dry heat and sand day after day, so no thanks to that.


Weather and younger living = Out of all of the great cities I have been to (which is many) I find that San Diego has better weather then any place in the entire world. Its beaches and people are wonderful and the experience of staying there is quite amazing. Its also fairly safe for the 8th biggest city in America. I lived there for a year and I always tell myself that I will come back one day,

Country = I am currently living with my fiance and working in Beijing China. Its just like New York, dirty, crowded, and frantic. I find that huge city life is not for me. However living in this country is an amazing experience that I just wish so many other western people would experience. To live in a country that 15 years ago had almost nothing and now is one of the most succesful and fastest growing countries in the world, its just a very great experience. The culture and beauty is amazing. One of the most asked questions by experts around the world is "what will China do, and what will happen", I find it great that I am here experiencing the rapid change of a sociel life AND a countries structure right before my eyes. Its a sight not seen by almost anyone in the world.

 

[Dee]

I'm a city girl--always have been, always will be. The country just makes me feel disconnected, like I'm in some horror movie where the only choice I had was to escape to the boondocks. I don't even like living in the suburbs for that matter. I live in a city that has almost 600,000 people at the moment (Portland, OR), which is fine. It's not too big, not too small (though I did come from Southern California, so this is kind of small for me). I just don't feel like I'm alive/there's not much to do/see/experience in the country as opposed to the city. I just feel more at home in a big city.

The thing about Portland, though, is that while I do live in the city, I could go an hour and a half to just about anywhere else outdoorsy/country. An hour and a half to the beach, an hour and a half to the mountain, an hour or two to a lake or a sand dune. I'm about 2-15 minutes away from 2 different rivers, but the Willamette is disgusting and no one wants to go there, lawl. I could drive 30 minutes out to Multnomah Falls. I mean, there's so many places that are unpopulated and 'freeing', but I choose to stay in the city. It's just me.

 

[Hades]

I can live comfortably in either. My life started in a big city, many times in my life i have lived in big cities. then again i have also lived in small town and now currently am out in the country. (though not for much longer)

City life obviously has the perks of easier to find jobs and whatever else you desire. but out in the country it's so peaceful i can't explain it. just the other night after a night out with friends getting completely fooked up we came back to my place and just sat out in the field under the moonlight cracking jokes and being as loud as we wanted to, plus with it being so hot of late the cool morning air felt amazing.

 

[moogling]

Once anyone sees that "Location: New York" in my postbit, I guess it's easy to assume that New York is automatically considered all Manhattan-esque. In reality, I live in a fairly small community. On signs, it's referred to as a village. Thankfully we're located next to a somewhat more well known city, but it's no Staten Island. Half of my family is located in Queens (one of the five boroughs of the real New York city), so naturally I've been there for large periods of my life. As a result, I don't know what to refer to myself as. I haven't grown up solely in one place, granted I haven't lived in an extremely isolated country area, so that might automatically make me a city person.

As for what I aspire to be, most definitely a city person. Whether it's a very large city with skyscrapers or a smaller city like the one I mentioned, I can't imagine myself living anywhere else. It's definitely the most practical for my lifestyle. I would prefer to go to college in a smaller city area as opposed to a larger one, but once I get myself on my feet, a stable career and by chance a long term roommate, I would like to live in a larger city, however short a time it may be.

I can't at all see myself living in the country. I was not brought up there so the things I'm used to wouldn't allow me to easily adjust. Insects are my mortal enemy and I'm not a huge fan of hiking and such so I don't see any incentive other than the close community; which would in turn mean everyone needing to have the same views or ways of life which I just don't see happening anyway... In my head, I'm not guaranteed a spouse either, so I can't see myself maintaining a house alone.

All in all, I think the place I grew up is a fantastic place for raising children because of the flexible education system and exposure to two sides: it's not a huge city but it's also not remote. Almost every experience you would want your children to have is no more than a few hours away. It has its quiet areas for living and it has its city areas within a short drive so it very well could be perfect. So, who knows. =P I could see myself moving back here to the family I'm growing up with if I do end up settling.

 

[Ruhku]

More of a city boy. Just go around and have fun around shortcuts let it be sewers, rooftops or even between buildings.
But so much hot girls go past I get so envious and nervous.....anyway been in a city is fun whenever I go into one.

 

[Stock Choengroux]

I am a a city guy. I need hundreds of different places to eat and places to look for old records. I hate buying them online and they send it to you all warped and shit.

 

[Mitsuki]

For the first seven years of my life, I grew up in a very rural setting - a 3rd world country at that, so you can imagine me running around with no slippers, bathing in a puddle of mud. (No kidding!) We'd also bathe in the river, or go up the mountains (about 20 minutes away) and shower under the waterfalls. I'd chase jeepneys and tricycles (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/23/88188548_3c502b3b52.jpg), hitching for a ride without them knowing. It was absolutely fun! (Though when you get chased by street dogs and have one almost maul you to death - not so fun). Life was simple, and food was scarce. My parents had to sell watermelons in the streets for a living (just for a few years) in order to send my little brother and I to a private school. You could say that despite the hardships, it was a euphoric lifestyle for me.

And then I experienced living here in the U.S. Los Angeles was the very first city, so that was quite a culture shock for me. I was homesick up until I was almost 16. And then life didn't seem so bad afterall, I thought. City life has its appeal, and eventually it started to grow on me. But if you ask me where I'd like to settle down, the city is not an option for me.

Right now, I live in the city, and I like being closer to the many attractions we have around here. But this is a temporary setup that I'm willing to accept. I'd like to live in an area where there's not too many people around and where there's a distinctive earthy smell in the air after it rains. To sum it up, anything that remotely reminds me of home.

 

[Toshiya]

I don't really know. That sounds funny but I've only ever lived in the countryside. And I hate it too.
I think some of it's down to age, really. Where I live, everyone there loves it - its considered a nice area and we get loads of tourists from up north and abroad in the summer. But for someone my age there's nothing to do.
I've visited lots of cities and loved them all so I'd say I'm probably a city person - but since I've never lived in one I'm not 100%. I want to go to university in a city so that I can socialise a lot more and have a change, have everything there on my doorstep etc. But there's always that chance that I'll hate living in a city. But I don't think it'll happen.
I have to say though, I wouldn't like to live in London really. It's TOO big - I'm used to such a small place it'd be too much of a culture shock if I upped sticks and moved there.
But yeah, I'm probably a city girl, there's more to do, more people to meet, etc.

 

[ShadowStar Mila]

Im a City girl all the way, I need that hustle and bustle going on around me, Not to mention Its the only thing I know, I been to the country and stayed a couple of times and I will say its nice to just get away from it all sometimes, but I prefer the city more, I have alot of things to do,many places to go, Alot of things are pretty close and some of the really good stuff is a awhile to travel but well worth it. Its personally why I would want to goto to Japan and live their, theirs a ton of more stuff their for me to do, not to mention stuff I actually like and I can see myself having alot of never ending fun. If I was to be a country girl why it is peaceful it would be weird cause its too peaceful and really I would feel bored once im ready to actually go somewhere cause their would be really nothing I would like to do in the country unless you wanna eat. I just wouldnt survive at all cause I feel like anything can happen their and while its the same for the city, I say more stuff happens in the country and its alot more frightening for me than the city.

 

[Kandy-Sugar]

I'm more of a country person.

I hate the city. There's no land in sight. Just buildings and too many people and traffic.

I absolutely hate it. >.<

I always lived in Rural areas as a child up until I was 19.

Then I moved out with Steve and we moved more into the suburbs. Still close to my old home though.

I would never ever want to live in the city. I would never even want to work there. I refuse to go into any city just for the sake of going there. I only go if absolutely necessary. I start to get a bit panicky as soon as I see it in the distance and all the traffic and such. Guess you could say the city makes me a bit claustrophobic.

 

[Lirael]

I am, without a doubt, a country person.

I've lived in the middle of nowhere, in a small country village with one or two buses a week and very few drivers during the day, since I was 3 years old. Despite being unable to get elsewhere easily, I've always loved it. I love the peace and quiet and the general feeling of fresh air. I love the sight of fields and the view of a local walk, which lies beyond a hedge opposite my house. We have a woods at the back of my garden too! And I feel my cats are happier. They have so many safe places to explore. I'm not sure I'd feel happy keeping a cat in a city. Oh, and I LOVE being able to find the middle of nowhere within 10 minutes!

I've spent 3 years in a city, as I went to one of the biggest cities for University. I didn't enjoy living there at all... The lack of open space and greenery was rather depressing. You just couldn't get away from the liveliness and the fast-pace, the cars and their fumes, or the noise. There was nowhere you could be entirely alone, no sweeping hills to walk across... And I was always paranoid about someone mugging me. Two of my friends were mugged and there were always people about shouting and swearing or just being loud for the sake of it.

I can live without shopping. I cannot live without walking through an open landscape!

 

[Tyler Breeze]

I'm from the big city and I love the big city with all of my heart, but as of right now, I kinda want to get away from it. All the bright lights, the people trying to sell you something on street corners, the trains and buses. I love it all, but I feel like I'll love the quiet even more. I like quiet and peacefulness and hopefully that's what I'll get in Florida. We'll be surrounded by trees and grass and waterfalls. That's what I always wanted. It'll be nice to see my dream come to fruition, even if for a little while.

The big city is basically a rush to get from point to point. That's not what I want to do. I want to be able to just go outside and enjoy all the sights and sounds.

So I guess I'm more of a country person. XD