Big cities or small towns?

[Bookworm2011]

I'm one of those people who likes to live in a small town just outside of a big city.

I'm the same way Simworm.. I like living in a small town but not being too far from the city so that I can still get the experience of a city. I live just outside of Toronto and I just travel into the city for work everyday.. When I lived in the city I found myself getting more stressed out about things.

[AnnTylor]

small town near big city...

[robfarren]

i like living in a big city as it makes me appreciated the small town quietness when i get out of the big smoke. Big cities are just too interesting to be out of for too long for me right now!

[thebookwithoutastory]

i'm most definitely a big-city guy...love the energy, diversity and story-rich environment...however small cities have their charm...i guess that on a yearly basis, i'd be 80/20

[RuqeeD]

I'm definitely a big city person. I've lived in one my whole life so I can't see myself in a small town or even.....a Village . Not that there is anything wrong with it but I guess just not for me. I like to visit nice rural areas around England, there are some pretty villages here and it's ok for a day out. I do remember visiting a small village outside of Toronto when I went to visit my sister and a woman just stopped us in the middle of the street and began chatting away like we were old friends, I didn't know what to make of it, I guess if that happened in the city I'd be surreptitiously edging away whilst checking I still had my purse but she was really friendly and even though I gave monosyllabic answers (I mean she was a total stranger!) my sister was a pro at it.

The city for me has everything I need with little trouble and so much convenience but at the same time I could never live somewhere like London - even for me that is too congested and claustrophobic.

[Bighuey]

I like the small towns, Ive lived in them most of my life. The one I live in now has about 500 people, everyone knows everyone else. Its kind of dull and unexciting, but dull and unexciting suits me just fine.

[Tralala]

I like the small towns, Ive lived in them most of my life. The one I live in now has about 500 people, everyone knows everyone else. Its kind of dull and unexciting, but dull and unexciting suits me just fine.

Yeeeesssss! I live in a semi-small town (pop. around 30,000), just outside a small city (close to 300,000, I think). Makes for a nice compromise. My subdivision is about as safe and dull as you can get (and whitebread, which annoys me, but that's Wisconsin for ya), but I'm only five-ten minutes away from good food and better music.

[Bighuey]

Same here. The good food is only a few minutes away, in a bigger town. As for the music, its all the same. Every store, every car has Mexican music blaring out all over the place.

[Tralala]

As for the music, its all the same. Every store, every car has Mexican music blaring out all over the place.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[Bighuey]

Its a good thing, I like Mexican music, altho a change would be nice.

[Gannon]

Big cities for holidays, small towns, or even small islands to live on. Access to beautiful beaches essential.

[Tralala]

Its a good thing, I like Mexican music, altho a change would be nice.

That's fortunate. It'd suck if you felt the need to relocate just 'cause of a music thing.
Yikes! I can't believe I just typed that! Well, it would suck, but I'd move. Music is essential. I always threaten (and probably will, eventually) to move to a "normal" climate, but everybody knows I'd probably end up right back here, 'cause I'd miss the "scene". Ugh, now I sound like a "hipster". Excuse me while I make fun of everything in my environment, then copy it, for "irony".

[Bighuey]

Its a good thing, I like Mexican music, altho a change would be nice.

That's fortunate. It'd suck if you felt the need to relocate just 'cause of a music thing.
Yikes! I can't believe I just typed that! Well, it would suck, but I'd move. Music is essential. I always threaten (and probably will, eventually) to move to a "normal" climate, but everybody knows I'd probably end up right back here, 'cause I'd miss the "scene". Ugh, now I sound like a "hipster". Excuse me while I make fun of everything in my environment, then copy it, for "irony".

At one time I wished I was somewhere else because of the music. When I was a kid, my uncle stayed with us for a time, and he got up at four in the morning to go to work. He had a wind-up phonograph and he would play nothing but Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald records at four in the morning. That got real old after a while. My dad finally put a stop to it, told him he would wrap the phonograph around his neck and shove the records down his throat. To this day I cant stand Nelson Eddy and Jeanette McDonald.

[Tralala]

When I'm calling yoooooooooooooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...... So yeah, just imagine that blasting from every available speaker, constantly. Or...I like crap like dogs barking "Jingle Bells". Things can almost always be worse.

[Bighuey]

Oh yeah, Slim Whitman did it a lot better. I think the same dogs did Glenn Miller's In The Mood, too. Great stuff.