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I grew up a country bumpkin, but most of my adult life has been spent in cities. I don't think I could do small town life anymore

 

I like the efficiency of cities

And I like the country, like deep in the country where houses have acres and acres of land and traffic congestion is nonexistent. But I dont think I could live in the country because I cant imagine driving 45 minutes to get to a store

And I even like small towns, I live in a small town 10 minutes outside of a larger (but still smallish) city and I can walk to various stores so I dont need to get in the car for every little thing, I like that

But I agree 100% about the burbs and how suburban sprawl is fueled by the automobile. Sometimes I think about how America would be if the car had never been invented and we all relied upon trains and subways. I think it would be nice and I dont think suburban sprawl would really exist like it does now

 

I use a folding basket.

 

I think it's a good policy. I mentioned this in another thread, but what I do is leave the bags in my trunk. Everything in my cart goes through checkout and then goes right back into the cart with no bag. I wheel the cart out to the car and bag the groceries there.

 

I once thought like that too. Now, I still have nothing against living in the countryside, but city life is awesome too (may depend on the city of course, and even your location in it). I feel living here is at least as free. The easiness of finding likeminded people (without the internet), liberties, possibilities, sense of anonymity, glad I moved to a city in my twenties.

 

Nah, couldn't do it. I'm a country girl, I'd be out place. I hope I never have to breathe that dirt, death and sin, the few days I'm ever in a city is just my temporary prison and before long I dream of the freedom again of my proud mountains. And I know that also before long, I'll be headed back into the country and smell that cool green river air, head back to Gods country... That's my only prayer.

To have the freedom to go for a walk and not see anybody, if I wanna go for a drive and not see anybody I can do that. I don't have to listen to my neighbors, I don't have to hear honking cars or people. I can't see how living in a city is freedom, you're constricted to so much like public transport timetables or doing things much earlier to get out there and beat traffic. I can't see how that is freedom. Freedom is do it when ya want, not do it 3 hours earlier to get there on time.

I had this same discussion today in München playing pool and talking to one of the best he said I should consider moving into town so I could play good opponents every day, it'll improve my game. The thought made my chest tight. I nodded my head but completely disregarded his comment. I was in that prison again, forced to overhear people the honking, the noise, looking at the time to see when I should get out and beat traffic. I prayed that for three hours time, when I could go and smell that cool mountain air, when I could get back to gods country, that's my only prayer.

 

i hate being stuck in traffic/car, that is why i refuse to drive , i never drive, when im in california i avoid the freeways, cause they are terrible, ask neopreene queen

 

The only problem where I live is taking 3hrs to get to the city but I can take that trade off because you hear some people say the same story only going from one side of the city to the other, in traffic and public transport. I don't want to come across as mean by calling Asmo dillusional, but I think there's a couple of illusions there.

But what do I know? Not much. Maybe some people are suited to those conditions and some aren't and then there's also those in between in the suburbs too. They want a house and a yard, they want personal space and a bit more freedom than an apartment block.

And then to the far scale you got folk living in the middle of nowhere that are fuck all of you assholes, I want nothing to do with nunya.

 

My town has what you need, and the mail system delivers the rest.
When I gotta head in, I head in.

 

my favorite places to live have always been apartment complexes right on the border between the city and the country. that way you have fairly easy access to everything. a nearby highway connection is also important.

unfortunately, my current line of work is easier to find jobs in little shithole towns, so i'll need to work up the ladder some more to get back to the city.

 

Wait for it.

I used to say stuff like that.

But as you get over it, everything just becomes noise.

You really going to retire in a big city, when most of your day is about napping, with all the car horns and neighbours throwing parties

 

you're also deaf by then, so the noise won't keep you up.

 

That's of course a big plus of dutch cities. They're not that big. I live in the old center and still am out in the countryside in like 15 minutes... with my bicycle.
I rather live in an apartment in the city center than in a newly build neighborhood in a village full of families. This while the village is technically considered to be in the countryside I grew up in the real countryside, few kilometres outside of the village. That's something I might wanna return to But until then city center/downtown above village life any day!

 

In fact, I think I have much of the perks attributed to village life here in my street. Even more so than if I lived in my hometown!

 

i always bring my own bags, on general principals for a whole number of reasons.
for one thing, i ride the bus to go shopping, and store bags, whether plastic or paper, are just plain needlessly wasteful.
they're also flimsy and unreliable. the bags i buy, i paid a good bit more then ten cents, i forget how much,
but they're insulated, as well as being sturdy. and they can be used for a lot more then just shopping.
i call them one of the best low cost investments anyone can make.

trees or oil, whatever is saved either way, i'm a hundred percent in favor of endorsing.

only time i ever get store bags is an impulse purchase, and those are usually at some other kind of store, and of some small, light, and inexpensive item.