<p>What do you think about advantages of living in big cities? Is living big cites better than living in countryside? Why or why not? Do you like to live in big city? Please give me further ideas, thanks.</p>
<p>It’s nice actually having things to do, but it sucks having to use public transportation instead of being able to drive everywhere. Also, after moving to a city after living in a small town (ten thousand people) I really miss having outdoors that isn’t just parks.</p>
<p>I prefer more urban environments. I love having access to public transportation and having things to do. There are drawbacks, but living in a huge suburb with NO entertainment and no public transit is a pain in the ass when you’re too broke to pay for a car. We went to walmart for fun when I was in high school. Seriously.</p>
<p>I live in a very urban area of a somewhat big city in a very populous metropolitan area (DC’s population is like 550-600K, the metro area is around 5 million). I LOVE being able to walk three minutes to get cheap tasty food, or to an excellent local cafe, and having frequent bus service to get me to the Metro.</p>
<p>However, I HATE some of the urban environment. Namely that on Friday and Saturday nights you cannot get any sleep because all these asshats not from the neighborhood come to the bars and clubs, get drunk, get into fights, and litter everywhere. Saturday and Sunday mornings make the main drag look like a few bombs went off inside the trashcans.</p>
<p>I mainly grew up in a very suburban environment (had to drive everywhere… it took like 8 minutes to drive to a Metro station but it could take up to 45 minutes if you took public transportation to the Metro). It was very safe, the neighborhood was nice and in a great school district (although I went to private school) but I don’t think I’ll live in an environment like that again. Ideally I’d have something that’s both walkable like my current neighborhood and quiet/peaceful like my mom’s neighborhood. And a few places like that DO exist.</p>
<p>That said, part of my animosity for very suburban areas stems from the fact that I don’t own a car. If I did own a car I wouldn’t mind it so much because I wouldn’t have to ask for anyone’s permission to borrow a car, and knowing the real estate prices in this area, I’m probably gonna have to live pretty far out in the sticks if I stay in DC once I graduate. Either that or the hood.</p>
<p>Recently I went from living in a very big, very tourist-y city to living in a very small town and I have to admit, I like the small town atmosphere. It’s great to go back home and visit the city, but I’m always amazed at just how HUGE it is. Back home you have to take the interstate 15-20 minutes to get anywhere. Here you drive 20 minutes and it already feels like you’re hours away. Everything at home is just stores, advertising, craziness, interstates, and traffic. Life is definitely more fast-paced, if not just by looking at the city you feel that way. Out here in the middle of nowhere it almost feels like you can appreciate life a little more and get more out of life than just shopping and tourist-y stuff. </p>
<p>It’s a very calm atmosphere- and a very safe one, which I love. Even after living back in my hometown my whole life I still wouldn’t feel safe walking around downtown by myself. </p>
<p>Of course, I’ve only been here a few months so the story might be different if I lived here my whole life. It’s definitely made me appreciate my home more and appreciate city life, but I think I could get used to the quiet, country life.</p>
<p>…maybe!</p>
<p>New York City is the best. Everywhere else is an inferior backwater dedicated to providing the materials to fuel this metropolis. Chicago has the distinction of being the “Second” city after maturing from its simpleton cattle convention. I quite like Chicago now, though what they call “pizza” is truly an abomination. Sometimes you can’t just take the Midwest out of the Midwest.</p>
<p>/snobbery</p>
<p>I don’t currently live in a city, but I have. I absolutely LOVE it! There is just so much freedom, but you do end up growing up a lot faster. Public transportation is not so bad…there is more diversity, and less blackouts haha. Coming to a small town was well…an adjustment.</p>
<p>I love cities because they are fast-paced and I don’t have to rely on a car. I hate driving. I don’t mind taking a bus or trains. </p>
<p>I would love to live in a city one day, but it is too expensive >.<</p>
<p>If I had a choice, I’d live in the country. However, most career opportunities exist in metropolitan areas so sometimes you just gotta go where the work is located.</p>
<p>City environments are understandably more attractive to college aged folks due to all the activity and “buzz”, however it eventually gets old and the quiet life becomes more appealing.</p>
<p>Even suburb life is changing. Nowadays, suburbs (many of them) have all the traditional ills of city life; bad traffic, congestion, small lots, ect. While my subdivision is nice and qiuet, it only takes a few turns till I hate traffic and congested intersections.</p>
<p>Of course, there are some benefits. I enjoy having a nice gym located nearby, as well as a shopping mall and other conveniences. A good school district is another thing that becomes more important as you get older. While living in a city is exciting, there schools are typically poor and most wish to send their kids elsewhere.</p>
<p>I grew up in a medium sized town (small compared to most peoples standards) then went to a college in a college-town atmosphere, not urban. I know I live in a city. It’s certainly different, and I notice a difference in the people, but it’s not hard adjusting.</p>
<p>I grew up working on a farm, started driving my dads pickup around the property when I was about 7 and would plow my driveway when I was about 12. As a kid, me and my buddies would ride our bikes around with our .22’s slung around our backs to go squirrel hunting. This was in the early 90’s.</p>
<p>My neighbors always comment on my truck, as I’m one of the few in my neighborhood who drives one, which I found odd because where I’m from a guy doesn’t drive anything besides a pickup.</p>
<p>Now on weekends I drive home and work on the farm to relax and enjoy the peace and quiet.</p>
<p>Bigeast you could probably find something like what you’re looking for out in the Plains states or the Mountain states. The problem is finding a job.</p>
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<p>You just can’t handle it. It’s ok though, you can just keep eating that steamrolled cardboard that you think is pizza. </p>
<p>I like large cities because of the diversity and improved racial tolerance. In so many suburbs and rural areas people are so ignorant about other cultures or are just plain racist. They automatically assume I’m some kind of thug or criminal because of the color of my skin. Pretty sad. </p>
<p>Also, I hate the cookie cutter feel of suburban areas. Every single house is built from the same blueprint, with the only thing different being the address number on the door. All the stores are chains and big boxes. I don’t know, it just seems so fake to me.</p>
<h2>Bigeast you could probably find something like what you’re looking for out in the Plains states or the Mountain states. The problem is finding a job. ~ DCHurrican</h2>
<p>Yeah, just complicated.</p>
<p>I have a 20 year plan. </p>
<p>In 20 years I will be taking over the farm fulltime. </p>
<p>Then, spend the last 20-30 years of my life in peace. Perhaps have a good death fighting a Grizzley with my bare hands.</p>
<p>Nice. Montana’s probably a good place for that.</p>
<p>@Yakyu I feel like a lot of major urban areas actually have worse race relations than smaller areas.</p>
<p>I’m starting to feel like BigEastBeast must be some robotic simulacrum of the average american male. The stereotype just fits too perfectly to be real.</p>
<p>God no. Cities are awful.</p>
<p>Why anyone would want to cram themselves into a single square mile with 5 million other people like a can of sardines is beyond me.</p>
<p>Some nice open countryside is what a man needs.</p>
<p>Unlike Bigeastbeast, I did not grow up on a farm, but it is my dream to own one someday. Of course, first I have to go to college and save up some money.</p>
<p>I hate cities… it’s too busy, congested, over-priced, and you have to deal with traffic most of the time. </p>
<p>I prefer the open countryside as well. Can’t beat the fresh air and the quiet environment.</p>
<p>I understand people saying they like the countryside, but all those people are so disconnected and isolated from society, and essentially, are selfish themselves for not being apart of culture. Work only gets done within cities and large suburbs outside cities. Everybody needs to pull their own weight.</p>
<p>IIRC, BigEast’s an older fellow (relatively speaking to the average age of the users on the College Life forum), probably from a better, vanished time.</p>
<p>@scuba how are people in the countryside selfish? They have a harder time finding good jobs (since, as you say, they’re mainly in cities and close-in suburbs) and are farther from pretty much everything.</p>
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<p>Lol. This is the most ignorant thing I’ve read in a while.</p>
<p>First of all, people in rural areas are rarely disconnected from society nowadays. Most have internet connections and the like. </p>
<p>Secondly, it is impossible to be a part of culture. They may be a part of a different culture than you, but that hardly makes them selfish. This is not to mention that much of our current “culture” is ridiculous and awful. You know what I’m talking about: childhood obesity problems, the trash they put on TV, Hannah Montana (mostly a joke), etc.</p>
<p>So if work only gets done near cities, then how 'bout you tell me where all the food you eat comes from. I seriously doubt that you had some homegrown Manhattan potatoes for dinner last night. Farmers are some of the hardest working people in the country, and to deny the value of their contribution to society is absolutely ridiculous.</p>
<p>As an added bonus, let’s consider the nature of much of the “work” that goes on in big cities. Investment Banks (Goldman Sachs), the porn industry, drug dealing- all examples of “work” done in the city which adds nothing to society whilst leeching off of the work of farmers and eating their food. Also, crime rates in cities are exponentially higher than in rural areas.</p>
<p>Now please don’t take this as me condemning cities as the devil’s spawn or anything like that. I recognize that cities are an important and useful part of our society, but the contributions of those in the countryside are every bit as important of those in the cities.</p>
<p>It’s certainly a personal choice</p>
<p>I live in a rural place now for college and love it. However, i would not want to live here all my life. Maybe because for most parts of my life, I live in cities.</p>
<p>My favorite city is NEW YORK ! I feel alive there. Yes, it’s noisy and dirty but it’s part of the fast-paced life. The animated vibe and atmosphere there are incredible.The simple fact of walking on NYC streets makes me happy. Yep, that’s how much I love that city. But again, for NYC, it’s either you hate it or love it. I happen to be obsessed with it.Each one to his/her own taste.</p>