Thread: I hate living in the city.

Interesting thread.

The Edmonton I live in is not the quaint, close-knit Edmonton that I remember as a kid. The metro area and surrounding burroughs have a population of over a million now, and is really adopting the big city, don't-give-a-shit-about-anyone-else attitude. On the plus side, being in the prairies has the advantage of land, so those million+ people are spread out over a large area, instead of stacked on top of each other like in your usual wordly metropolis. It can be nice being close to ammenities, but the noise and the daily grind does bring you down sometimes.

Ideally it would be nice to live just outside the city so you don't have to drive stupid distances to buy groceries or DVD's, whatever. But the housing/land prices are so ludacris these days it's very prohibitive and sometimes seems like a pipe dream

The only reason I don't like living in rural areas is that I've never had a nice vehicle, so I've always had to worry about it breaking down and causing me to lose my job and mobility. I have an inherent distrust of cars. I feel way more secure living somewhere that has good public transportation.

I love living in the city because I can walk to everything I could possibly need. groceries, restaurants, entertainment, and bars at damn near any time of day or night. I grew up in Las Vegas and have been in Chicago for the past year. I've lived in small college town tennessee and out in the middle of no where Fort Irwin. Dealing with people is far easier than the inconvenience of the country IMHO.