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<p>I know what you mean. Do you get a sinking feeling in your stomach when you drive away from the city and see the skyline distancing itself from you? I do. There’s nothing like looking down 5th to Madison Square and the Flatiron, or looking up Park to the MetLife building, or… Holy crap I just became insanely homesick. I really want to go back to my city. Maybe I should transfer to NYU next year. I don’t think I could afford it though.</p>
<h2>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. ~ DCHurricane</h2>
<p>Ouch bro.</p>
<p>I’m in my twenties and I’m a MBA student. But yeah, I guess I’m pretty ancient compared to others.</p>
<h2>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. ~ ScubaSteve</h2>
<p>This is so ignorant that it makes me wonder if it’s just a joke.</p>
<p>Work only gets done in the cities? You need a reality check partner.</p>
<p>Where do you think your food comes from? Next time you sit down at a table to have a meal, it is us “selfish country people” who provided it.</p>
<p>Eh, city folk. Just wait till 2012 comes. </p>
<p>While you are running around like ants under a magnifying glass, I will be comfortably settled into my bunker surrounded by my 200 acres that has been strategically boobied-trapped to keep out city people and zombies.</p>
<p>Pros:
Public Transit
Bars and clubs
Concert venues
Plenty to do
Sporting events
Museums </p>
<p>Cons:
Parking
Crime
Dirty
Can be expensive</p>
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<p>I third that! If that makes sense, hahaha.</p>
<p>I looooooove NYC. People either love or hate Manhattan, but it is such an awesome place to hang out. I never get bored of it! Sometimes I just go there to walk around or when I go to a concert and what not. I love taking the subway (well, when it is not rush hour).</p>
<p>I do get that sinking feeling when I see the skyline moving farther and farther from me when I am on the bus or in the car. I feel sad 
But I get that exciting feeling when I see the skyline approaching, then after 5 minutes in the tunnel, you come out and see the Empire State Building even that closer to you. It is nuts!</p>
<p>Hahaha, I almost transferred to NYU last semester. But the price was ridiculous even though I was planning to commute! Yikes. Then I was going to transfer to Hunter, but the deadline passed by one month. But I know two people who go to Hunter and they hate it. >.<</p>
<p>I wouldn’t be terrible opposed to living in the country were it not for the fact that I cannot imagine having to be in the car for 20 minutes just to get to the grocery store. In my suburb we have three or four grocery stores within a mile or two of my house. It still sucks that I have to drive at all but at least I’m there and back in an hour!</p>
<p>lol, that’s why I meant ‘relatively speaking’ 
I figure most people on this section of CC are 18-20, with a few 21 year olds and 22 year olds.</p>
<p>I’m a country man myself. I think I’ll stick with populations below 100,000 preferably below 50,000</p>
<p>Currently I do live out in the country, and I must say I am enjoying it. When Im frustrated and need to vent that frustation, there are a group of chickens on the farm I chase. It helps very much! </p>
<p>By far the most beautiful aspect of country life is the land and the serenity. My roommate and I have a music studio in our garage and we sometimes bring the instruments outside! No one can play the drums as hard as she want in a city. The freedom to make music in a wide open space is wonderful! And (for me, maybe you?) living in the country really makes you love your neighbor.</p>
<p>Big cities…it’s just too anonymous for me. Too many people I want to get to know but I can’t. It’s almost dehumanizing…</p>