Thread: I hate living in the city.

carlmaloschneider,

What you describe in your post would be idyllic for me. SWMBO wants more stuff nearby.

The best place I ever lived was a little town called Foothill Ranch, CA (now incorporated within the City of Lake Forest, which happened after we left).

Even though it was in the middle of south Orange County, it was in a little corner of civilization where there was no through traffic so the only people there either lived or had business there. I lived closer to work than it took to drive around the building. Was going to school to finish out my degree less than a mile from home.

There was a cool food court next to the university (which is no longer there), plenty of grocery stores, a park (where a few people were attacked and even killed by mountain lions), and it butt right up next to the wilderness that separated Orange County from Riverside County.

Plus there was an IN-N-OUT and you could see the beach in the distance from the drive-thru.

It's probably changed now, but SWMBO loved it there, and so did I.

Incidentally, for those of you who think my username may look a little awkward, that's where the FHR portion comes from.

-Mark

Carl doesn't see many people because being the murder state of the country, their all lurking and peeking out from behind closed curtains...


Mick

I guess it's to each his own way of living.
I wouldn't want to live in a big city. Technically it would be impossible as we do not have big cities in this country.
I live in a small village in an island that is close to mainland and the city of Turku. The population in this village is maybe 200 - 300, i'm not sure. The city (not much of a city in world scale) is only 1 bridge and 20 minutes by car away, or 15 minutes with a boat.
In this island we have 1 grocery store, 1 pub, 1 liquor store, medical station, library and the graveyard. Some think that is all a man needs
I like it when there's not much city life, city lights or city noise around, when we don't need to lock our doors and our dogs can run loose, but whenever there's something i need from the city it is easy to go there. The place where i work is on the mainland so i drive there every morning except when there's floods and roads are temporary cut.
I've visited in some big cities like London etc and they were nice places to visit but i was always happy to get back here. In my army days i served two years near our capitol and didn't like it either. People were too busy and too many in small area, rushing for somewhere, looking angry. Too much temptations for a simple mind like me
Of course kids weren't always so happy here, specially when they were teens and most their friends lived on a mainland. When NASA sent Mars rovers to Mars, to find out if there's any life in there, my kids said that they should have those rovers here instead (unless NASA was already sure that finding any form of life here would be mission impossible )

I'm coming to live with you Sailor! You sound like you live in my ideal home.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I'm coming to live with you Sailor! You sound like you live in my ideal home.

+1. Though I'm sure that I'd just settle for one of those lovely Scandanavian ladies.

Originally Posted by TURNMASTER

A big city is a big city RIGHT? People are people. There, is more or less like here, only less free. I am sure they are great places, but there are great places here.

Jeff

My main gripe with that is that people here in Indy are, for a good part, just assholes. For the most part, the cities that I was in in Europe (Rome aside) were populated by very courteous people. They were very formal with their interactions, but I could tell that they treated me with respect. It may have been just respect for customs that prohibit being rude to people, but I don't care so long as people aren't treating me like crap.

I guess my problem isn't cities, its assholes. they just seem to congregate in cities in the U.S.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

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...

I've always wanted to go to Australia. I even applied to Bond University, but withdrew my application - they wanted final transcripts for secondary school, and I couldn't wait that long.

My sadness is the same as a bird that is caged. I will not be at peace until I'm out of this damn city.

Originally Posted by MickR

I'm coming to live with you Sailor! You sound like you live in my ideal home.

I'm coming too!


I'm sorry if I've depressed anyone with this thread, but I am really and truly not content in Indianapolis - or any other city populated by assholes. The city where I go to school is full of welfare bums and drug dealers, and they are not exactly model citizens either...

I lived in a small village in Austria last year from August to December, and I grew up out in the country here in the U.S.. I think I liked living in the Village the most, because I could walk everywhere and the countryside was just a 10 minute walk out of the village at most.

I'm sorry 96firephoenix, but I just can't let your last post stand without some kind of response.

You can't lump several hundred thousand people into one pot like that. I happen to like Indianapolis. I think people drive here a bit differently than I'm used to in SoCal, like if a lane is going to merge in the next quarter mile or so you better be out of it. That bugs me. I'll also say I've been in many scrapes where traffic has stopped quite suddenly and nothing came of it. In SoCal, there would have been a Life Alert helicopter having to evacuate ten people.

Indianapolis has good neighborhoods and bad ones, and so do the so-called doughnut counties surrounding it. I find that people where I live have a Nunya type attitude and the further south you go in Indiana, the friendlier people seem to become. But to call them all some vile name like you did is uncalled for.

-Mark

Originally Posted by markdfhr

I'm sorry 96firephoenix, but I just can't let your last post stand without some kind of response.

You can't lump several hundred thousand people into one pot like that. I happen to like Indianapolis. I think people drive here a bit differently than I'm used to in SoCal, like if a lane is going to merge in the next quarter mile or so you better be out of it. That bugs me. I'll also say I've been in many scrapes where traffic has stopped quite suddenly and nothing came of it. In SoCal, there would have been a Life Alert helicopter having to evacuate ten people.

Indianapolis has good neighborhoods and bad ones, and so do the so-called doughnut counties surrounding it. I find that people where I live have a Nunya type attitude and the further south you go in Indiana, the friendlier people seem to become. But to call them all some vile name like you did is uncalled for.

-Mark

You're right, that was unfair. I'm just sick of living in the city. Maybe its just the businesses that are near where I live and the people near where I live... the ones that I interact with on a daily basis. I'm sorry if I've offended you, it was not my intent.

I realize it could be worse.

Originally Posted by markdfhr

I'm sorry 96firephoenix, but I just can't let your last post stand without some kind of response.

You can't lump several hundred thousand people into one pot like that. I happen to like Indianapolis. I think people drive here a bit differently than I'm used to in SoCal, like if a lane is going to merge in the next quarter mile or so you better be out of it. That bugs me. I'll also say I've been in many scrapes where traffic has stopped quite suddenly and nothing came of it. In SoCal, there would have been a Life Alert helicopter having to evacuate ten people.

Indianapolis has good neighborhoods and bad ones, and so do the so-called doughnut counties surrounding it. I find that people where I live have a Nunya type attitude and the further south you go in Indiana, the friendlier people seem to become. But to call them all some vile name like you did is uncalled for.

-Mark

I agree with Mark. You just can't lump most of 750,000 people (Uni-Gov Indianapolis) into one pot. I don't even consider Indianapolis a "city" in terms of how people behave, compared to previous places I've lived and worked such as Boston. In fact, I often think of Indy as the "biggest small town in America." I've found most of the people here to be rather friendly, to a fault.

The neighborhood where I live in Indianapolis has its share of crime, but it is not something that keeps me awake at night. Of course, there are areas of Indianapolis that I wouldn't go into alone late at night either, but that can be said of just about any city.

BTW...Mark and I are in the process of resuscitating the SRP group "Hoosier Shavers." You're welcome to join.

Take care.