City life or Country life?

[bretay]

we just moved to the country about 5 months ago and i love it..have been in the city all my life.and i have been married for 37 years and we were in the city..country is so much better and quieter..less stress and hassle...so peaceful..do not miss the city at all

[debidoo]

Country life for me - call it luck or the lack of thereof but we always managed to get a crazy or mean neighbor anytime we
lived in the city - personally I like not having any close neighbors, like the peace and quiet oh yea country life is the life for me.         

[vp44]

I live in the city but I would like to try the country out. Do not think I will though.

[lhz123]

I like country life but few work opportunity.

[missplaymate618]

I live in the suburbs but I prefer the country, the city is way to busy and to many people. The town I live in only has 16,000 people.

[djohnson43]

I live in the city but I would take country life in a heart beat! Give me Horses to ride, cows and goats to milk, chickens for fresh eggs and none of the smog, and such that fills the air and I'm happy. Out in the country you can see the stars at night and hear a babbling creek or whatever.

[mgint]

live in country but within 15 minutes of large city so close to both.

[ngorecki]

  I've always lived in cities, but I have always wanted a country life. I hope it happens!

[nguzman1]

I live in the city but I always wanted to live in the country away from to many people.

[stbernard1973]

I'm 40 and the majority of my life has been spent living in the country.  I come from a country family and really only spent about 4-5 years of my life living in the city.  For the past 32 I've lived in a rural area.  I can't get cell phone reception at my house at all.  I have to drive about 3-4 miles to get that to pick up.  Unless I am working, going to the nearest town every day isn't an option. 

I think there are good things and bad things to living out this far. 

I love that I'm so far away from the busy town life and it's peaceful and quiet here.  I don't have to worry about my dogs or cats getting out of the house and getting hit by a car.  If I'm feeling poorly I can walk around all day in my bathrobe because no one will see me.  I don't hear the honking, buzzing, whirring and all the other sounds of town life.  It's slower and more relaxing out here.  My yearly property taxes aren't as expensive as they are in town and that's a blessing.

On the other hand, it's lonely out here.  It's just me and my elderly mother and can get a little lonely sometimes.  We're far away from help if something bad happens.  Our house caught fire 2 years ago and the fire was already too far out of control by time the volunteer fire crews assembled and arrived and they had to just let it burn and try to keep the fire from spreading to the woods.  Getting police assistance from town, where the county sheriff is located, can lead to some tense minutes that feel like hours.  For safety's sake, it sure is nice to live in town.  And being able to get a pizza delivered is a nice perk, too. 

[Freebase]

for me it would be both i grew up in    Los Alamos, NM if i describe it would be like a large scale suburb (well way back then & a few years after i left NM i heard that a big fire broke out destroying almost the entire town) but there is (or was) free camping groungs & a sizeable but small community.

[ro901]

I'm a country girl at heart and I'm happy to be far away from the hustle and bustle.

[alice44]

City life - I like to be around people - it's comforting to know there are folks near by if you need them.

[Dynamite2013]

I prefer city life because I like communicating with my neighbors it helps a day go by quicker. Plus my neighbors are so nice because we swipe vegetables from each others gardens and flower also the ones we can multiply. I love sharing what God has given us with people around me.

[candycane4009]

 I prefer the country life