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I live in a smallish Florida City thats growing at a decent clip. The only "big city" I've been to is Pittsburgh, Tampa, Miami, and Orlando. I find myself not really thinking about the volume of a big city people wise, but just what else it offers. Easy access to Japanese merchandise in places like CA and NY, etc. etc.
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Posted 07-08-2008 at 11:09 PM by Lego
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I live in a city myself, but on the very outskirts. (literally, the border to the next county is 50 yards down the road)
I'm happy where I am because it has the best of both worlds, there's a regular bus to take me to the city center, where there are trains to every corner of the country should I need to go there, there are large supermarkets and shops of every type (even anime stores, which is a rarity in the UK) within my reach, but I still have the lovely views over the Lickey Hills and am just five minutes away from walks throughout the forest paths. The only way they could improve my area, is by having a train station within walking distance, but there have been talks of extending the current one towards here, so all is good. The other advantage of city living (especially major cities) is a good postal service. Living in villages may be relaxing, but I don't want to relax waiting for a delivery when I could already have the delivery in my hands a day earlier thanks to faster postal services. Where would I want to live? Well if money was no object I'd choose a nice big house somewhere closer to the city center, with good transport links (I don't drive) and high speed internet, but money is never not an object, and I'm content where I am. |
Posted 07-09-2008 at 08:24 AM by Fudce
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Personally, I feel claustrophobic in cities with skyscrapers. Cities like Chicago are not suited for me. I tend to love nature, especially plants, and prefer a wooded environment. As for architecture, I loved Vienna, Avignon, and Marseille. On the other hand, I hated Paris. LA was nice to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. Neoclassical architecture, such as we have in DC, is also fine with me. Modern cities of glass and concrete do not appeal to me nor do large lawns. Also, ideally, the city should be filled with non-human life, including sakura.
One would think I would prefer to live in the country. Certainly, I have spent a good portion of my life in the country (my summers as a child and also I went to uni there). However, I value diversity. Also, quite frankly, I wouldn't want to live in a place where everyone looks like me and is homogeneous as far as culture goes (especially since I am a very weird USian of mostly Indo-European descent). Xenophobia, of all forms, also gets on my nerves. Since both sides of my family are from rural areas a few generations back, I still visit them (despite being xenophobic)--but I can only tolerate the culture shock for so long. In the end, I need to be somewhere that has an international flavour to it. |
Posted 07-09-2008 at 09:38 AM by Draneor
Updated 07-09-2008 at 09:43 AM by Draneor |
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I feel claustrophobic in cities with skyscrapers
(Greater London is technically not a city, it's a collection of towns into one giant metropolitan area - City of London itself actually only has 30,000ish residents) |
Posted 07-09-2008 at 10:59 AM by Fudce
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The town I live in (and have always lived in actually) is only about 10,000 which has always felt about right to me. There are some disadvantages, especially in certain kinds of shopping and some small town attitudes I don't like, but in general the speed of things is right for me here. I can't take big cities.... I feel like I'm being swept away by it all and cannot keep up. Being around so many people in crowded places is a bit too much.
To be fair, I've never tried to live in a busier place, but just the rare visit is enough to wear me out. |
Posted 09-15-2008 at 04:49 PM by Ty
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