Thread: I hate living in the city.

I live about an hour from Denver... That is about as close as I want to get.

I live in the middle of Toronto, and it like any other city, can get hectic and frustrating. The traffic and population is expanding at a rate faster than the city can widen or agree to widen roads. And our current administration has just recently scrapped a transit plan that was going to be perfect for the city. I do love the fact that one night I can eat the most amazing Pho, and then the next, travel to little India for the best Masala in the city!

We have a cottage quite a bit north of Toronto. It's quiet, wooded, has a wood burning fireplace and lots of hiking trails. We try to get there as often as possible. The city definitely takes its toll. On the bright side, I only have 26 more years until I can retire!

the bigest city i ever lived in had a population of about 800, ive lived in rural pa all my life and hen i hear gun shots durign the day i think someone shooting in his gun and at night i think someone punching a deer under the spot light or a fox out of the hen house, i love where i live but know i will have to move to where the army needs me real soon.

Some people love big cities and thrive in them. There's a lot you can do there and be forever busy going from one activity to another. Some hate big cities and love the slower life and don't care about all the things you can do there. I'm in the second group. Even though I live in the biggest city in the state it's a far cry from NYC or L.A.

Personally I hate big cities and am quite content where I am now.

I live in Greenwood, which is the next city just south of Indianapolis. I am a SoCal transplant. We moved from Orange County, CA to Trafalgar, IN, a city of 800 people and then moved to Greenwood.

All the good jobs are on the north side of Indy so I have resigned myself to a fair commute as long as I choose to live here.

96firephoenix, I understand where you are coming from. To me, moving to Indy was like moving to the country. To be fair, we did; Trafalgar is still a rural little town. The thing about Indianapolis is you can drive just a little ways and you're away from the city. I-465 and the interstates spoking about town are well built and large enough to handle the traffic. Rush hour, for the most part, is a non-event compared to other areas I have been.

The Los Angeles basin is a different story. You are surrounded by a sea of people and you can drive for what seems like forever and still be surrounded by that same sea. If you want to get away, you can go to the mountains and be surrounded by people thinking the same thing you are. The outside of the metropolitan area offer some respite, but try driving to Palm Springs from points west on Thanksgiving and you'll be surprised how the open road chokes into a coagulated mass of humanity.

I guess it's a matter of perspective. Even so, I'm with you; I'd rather live where I had a little more elbow room.

I'm pretty happy where I live. I'm in Zanesville, which is a town of about 30,000. We have the best of both worlds here. Far enough from big city life, but we have some of the things that make big city life good. And whatever we don't have here, Columbus is only about 45 minutes away.

I came home in 2005 to find that the Tampa of my youth and the Tampa of today are indeed two very different places. I decided to "move to the country" and while the "country" town of New Port Richey is nowhere near as country as it was in my youth, for the most part it's a pretty quiet area in which to live and is close enough to Tampa and Clearwater for commuting to work but far enough away to escape most of the typical BS associated with living in a bigger town. The jury is still out but there may be a move in my future to an even more country environment (the panhandle of Florida, Redneck Riviera, Lower Alabama, etc.) While my wife and I would both very much like to make the move, I think ultimately it will boil down to a question of can I land a comparable job up there. The sad truth is I've gotta work for a living. If this were not the case, I suspect I would just buy a boat, move to Cedar Key and spend the rest of my days fishing, drinking beer, telling war stories at the VFW and writing the great American novel.

Originally Posted by Theseus

I'm pretty happy where I live. I'm in Zanesville, which is a town of about 30,000. We have the best of both worlds here. Far enough from big city life, but we have some of the things that make big city life good. And whatever we don't have here, Columbus is only about 45 minutes away.

Aside from the occasional escaped big cat, I wouldn't mind living in Zanesville. I'm just sick of living in the stinking city.

I was born in the city and grew up in the country. I am now living in the "big" city. I would rather live in the country but the jobs and money are why I came here. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. If you stay away from drugs and prostitutes etc. the big city is relatively safe. I know a higher percentage of people in prison for example from the people I know in the country. A murder every thousand years means that it is a higher percentage that it is me that gets it in the township that I grew up in.

What I am trying to say is that the density of population skews the news when you see something happening every day.

I can walk 1/2 block from my house in the city and see more squirrels in the park than on half of my mothers farm but i can't shoot and eat them! and rabbits run all over my yard. :-[

Count your blessings where you are and remember the grass is not always greener on the other side of the fence.

Tim

Come and live in South Australia, in the hills. I hear that Australia has one of the highest standards of living in the world. I'm not sure that's a good thing (maybe we're a little greedy), but things are pretty cool here. I guess I should mention that South Australia is like the murder state of Australia, but other than that it's OK. Nice wine, nice beaches, National Parks with NO ONE in them, here you can go to the beach and not see ANYONE, nice weather...

The town I live in has a population of 200...I can walk to the pub (hotel) and stumble home, we've got a General Store and a 'Rural Supplies' store and that's all. 3/4 of an hour to town (Adelaide) which is really just a big country town... The 'burbs are a bit feral these days, but I stay away from them...

Oh, BTW 96firepheonix, I found your post a little sad, I do hope you find some peace...