Would you rather live in a small town, or a big city?

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#1 EMOEVOLUTION
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I' prefer living in a small town. Preferably, far away from big ones.

And I prefer living on the outside of the small town.. some place in the woods.

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#2 deactivated-5e836a855beb2
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i live in suburbia... with acres of woods behind my house... perfect
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#3 Gallego
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I lived in both, and I like the big city, however I go to small towns for vacations and such.
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#4 ShadowJax04
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Wouldn't surprise me that was your answer.. :P

No offense. I just figured from the various posts and answers I've seen from you.

I'm the opposite. Big city.. (:

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edit: two people beat me to it. the first part of my post was directed to "EMOEVOLUTION".. :P

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#5 Xx_Hopeless_xX
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Small town..i hate cities...too many people...and they never smell nice...at least living somewhere somewhat rural i get the smell of woods and pine trees...not gas fumes and humanity..

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#6 michael_1234576
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Big city is more my thing but I do enjoy small towns every now and then.
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#7 deactivated-6016f2513d412
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Hmm, either a medium or big city. I live in a city of roughly 100,000 people (metropolitan area: 200,000), and it's been pretty perfect for me. I think I could handle a bigger city, though. My plan is to eventually move to Philadelphia, and I think I'd like that too. Small towns are nice but not really for me. I already know everything about everyone in my city, and it isn't even that small. :lol:
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#8 Nifty_Shark
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Middle for me. I like being in suburbs outside of a big city.

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#9 sammyjenkis898
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Small town. I don't care much for cities with a population of 50,000+.
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#10 lilasianwonder
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Big city. I live in a small town and its boring.
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#11 spazzx625
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Ideally the best parts of a larger city with some privacy... Also, I'm inclined to link Bright Lights, Big City
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#12 Rave_Goddess
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I've lived in all three. But would pick The Middle. As of right now I live in a town of 200 people. give or take 2 or 3. lol. And I hate it, more than words can say. Living in Minnesota, I miss trees more than I do people tho. and sunshine. lol

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#13 flordeceres
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Big city.

I love disorder

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#14 Engrish_Major
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Big city, definitely.
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#15 one_plum
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Big city in a cramped apartment, with a dreamhouse style landed property in the country (during weekends and vacation)

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#16 Bourbons3
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I wouldn't want to live somewhere too 'small'. I can't stand the idea of living somewhere where everyone wants to know your business.
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#17 Tjeremiah1988
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Big City. I cant stand quiet places like the suburbs and small towns. Its weird when nothing is going on imo.
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#18 mindstorm
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I've lived in places that had the population ranging from 5,000 to 250,000. However, I've really enjoyed the times I've visited really large cities (10+ million). I would not mind "trying out" a large city but would rather not live anywhere with less than 100,000. In a few years I'm tempted to do a year long internship in a major American city like Chicago or NYC in part to see if I could handle living there permanently.
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#19 Sajedene
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Suburbia of the big city. I am lucky enough to be a but a short drive from all three. Hooray for California.
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Suburbia of the big city. I am lucky enough to be a but a short drive from all three. Hooray for California.Sajedene
no. hooray for maryland :S
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#21 EMOEVOLUTION
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i live in suburbia... with acres of woods behind my house... perfectJandurin
what's the wildlife like? just drunk homeless people using drugs?

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#22 rawsavon
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Big city...not even close -came from a town of 225,000 to one of the biggest cities in the US (Dallas) -could not live (figure of speech obviously) in a town smaller than 200,000
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#23 Xx_Hopeless_xX
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[QUOTE="Jandurin"]i live in suburbia... with acres of woods behind my house... perfectEMOEVOLUTION

what's the wildlife like? just drunk homeless people using drugs?

Who said he lived in more then a cardboard box..:o? He could be one of those guys!! :P

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#24 EMOEVOLUTION
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Big city...not even close -came from a town of 225,000 to one of the biggest cities in the US (Dallas) -could not live (figure of speech obviously) in a town smaller than 200,000

biggest town near me is like 25,000 people.. I' have to travel 2 hours to a place with 100,000 people and 4 hours to any place with more than 250,00 people.
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#25 rawsavon
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Big city...not even close -came from a town of 225,000 to one of the biggest cities in the US (Dallas) -could not live (figure of speech obviously) in a town smaller than 200,000EMOEVOLUTION
biggest town near me is like 25,000 people.. I' have to travel 2 hours to a place with 100,000 people and 4 hours to any place with more than 250,00 people.

That is crazy...what state I wonder (i know you are a private type of guy) I 'need' a good bar scene though
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#26 Xx_Hopeless_xX
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"]Big city...not even close -came from a town of 225,000 to one of the biggest cities in the US (Dallas) -could not live (figure of speech obviously) in a town smaller than 200,000EMOEVOLUTION
biggest town near me is like 25,000 people.. I' have to travel 2 hours to a place with 100,000 people and 4 hours to any place with more than 250,00 people.

The only thing that makes me slightly hesitant is the fact that i'd like to be somewhere around 30 mins or less from a town with a competent hospital staff and such as well as stores for buying clothes etc...my aunt and uncle lived in upstate new york for a bit...nearest store was an hour away...it was weird having to go that far to get food...and i'm too lazy to drive for an hour JUST for food..:x

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#27 EMOEVOLUTION
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[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"][QUOTE="rawsavon"]Big city...not even close -came from a town of 225,000 to one of the biggest cities in the US (Dallas) -could not live (figure of speech obviously) in a town smaller than 200,000rawsavon
biggest town near me is like 25,000 people.. I' have to travel 2 hours to a place with 100,000 people and 4 hours to any place with more than 250,00 people.

That is crazy...what state I wonder (i know you are a private type of guy) I 'need' a good bar scene though

I'm from Michigan. More specifically UPPER Peninsula Michigan. and if you must know we have one of the highest alcoholism rates in the United States and there are plenty of bars. But, I love it here.. surrounded by 2 big lakes.. and 3 other large ones relatively close. Lots of wild life. Lots of trees. Lots of inland lakes. Perfect temperatures.

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#28 rawsavon
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"] biggest town near me is like 25,000 people.. I' have to travel 2 hours to a place with 100,000 people and 4 hours to any place with more than 250,00 people.EMOEVOLUTION
That is crazy...what state I wonder (i know you are a private type of guy) I 'need' a good bar scene though

I'm from Michigan. More specifically UPPER Peninsula Michigan. and if you must know we have one of the highest alcoholism rates in the United States and there are plenty of bars.

Ya...the QTY of bars is not the issue...it is the Quality (I like certain, very specific things in bars) -mostly Texas Bars, but could be found in most big cities I imagine Also, I allow myself to eat badly 1 day a week, and I want some good food on that day -variety and quality
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#29 Engrish_Major
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what's the wildlife like? just drunk homeless people using drugs?

EMOEVOLUTION

Wow, drunk, homeless and on drugs? Around my area, we call that the Trifecta. And, I don't know about you, but if I'm not all three by Sunday morning, then I call that a failed weekend!

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#30 Immortalica
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I like medium towns. Not too big and noisy, not too small and boring. But if I have to pick between small and big, I'd pick small.
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[QUOTE="Jandurin"]i live in suburbia... with acres of woods behind my house... perfectEMOEVOLUTION

what's the wildlife like? just drunk homeless people using drugs?

lol i've never seen a person back there mostly a ton of deer and squirrels
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#32 EMOEVOLUTION
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[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"]

[QUOTE="Jandurin"]i live in suburbia... with acres of woods behind my house... perfectJandurin

what's the wildlife like? just drunk homeless people using drugs?

lol i've never seen a person back there mostly a ton of deer and squirrels

we had a moose walk through town here. deer always running around. One morning as I was coming home from work I was pulling in through an ally way.. and a deer was going to the bathroom like 10 yards away from me,, and I was like WTF. Why do you have to do that in front of me. A black bear ran into my car once as I was leaving town. I didn't hit the bear.. it hit me.. it ran into the side of my car.. not sure what happened to it. I don't think it died or anything.

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#33 wstfld
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I grew up in Jersey, so my idea of a city growing up was Manhattan. So anything other than NYC, Chicago, or LA is medium sized to me. I had a hell of a time in Pittsburgh, and I'm moving to Raleigh next week, so I guess I like medium sized.
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[QUOTE="Sajedene"]Suburbia of the big city. I am lucky enough to be a but a short drive from all three. Hooray for California.Jandurin
no. hooray for maryland :S

Maryland is boring :(
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#35 Sajedene
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[QUOTE="Sajedene"]Suburbia of the big city. I am lucky enough to be a but a short drive from all three. Hooray for California.Jandurin
no. hooray for maryland :S

Lol I dont know man - On a free day I can drive 2 hours early in the morning and snow board and by the afternoon go to the beach then party it up in the desert in the middle of the night. Not a lot of places can give me that.

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#36 Mochyc
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I don't really know. I've been a city boy all my life and I would absolutely love trying to live in a small town where community is important.
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I've been living in a city enough to feel like moving to a smaller town.
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#38 akbar13
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I want to live in a place like in Hot Fuzz. So I can just walk down the street and get something and don't have to use a car. Thats the thing that I hate about America, you need to use a car to get everywhere. Someone said that Europe had better city planning and I think that is right.

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I want to live in a place like in Hot Fuzz. So I can just walk down the street and get something and don't have to use a car. Thats the thing that I hate about America, you need to use a car to get everywhere. Someone said that Europe had better city planning and I think that is right.

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You have a great point.. the transportation system in the United States is horrible. The roads are falling apart.. most of the bridges need to be repaired.. there is essentially no mass transit outside of the big cities.. we rely on singular trucks to transport most of the goods.. seriously.. it's a joke.
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I want to live in a place like in Hot Fuzz. So I can just walk down the street and get something and don't have to use a car. Thats the thing that I hate about America, you need to use a car to get everywhere. Someone said that Europe had better city planning and I think that is right.

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It's not as beautiful as the town in Hot Fuzz, but my neighborhood is like that. I can walk to 3 full grocery stores, two movie theaters, dozens of restaurants and bars, my dentist, a train station, and a small mall. I hardly ever drive. (Silver Spring, MD btw, about a mile outside of DC).
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I live in a suburb of Minneapolis that reminds me of my hometown of 40k people. I love it here but I wouldn't mind moving a little further out. I avoid going into the "big city" like the plague.

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Big city for sure, i'm kinda scared of small towns.
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#43 Sajedene
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[QUOTE="akbar13"]

I want to live in a place like in Hot Fuzz. So I can just walk down the street and get something and don't have to use a car. Thats the thing that I hate about America, you need to use a car to get everywhere. Someone said that Europe had better city planning and I think that is right.

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It's not as beautiful as the town in Hot Fuzz, but my neighborhood is like that. I can walk to 3 full grocery stores, two movie theaters, dozens of restaurants and bars, my dentist, a train station, and a small mall. I hardly ever drive. (Silver Spring, MD btw, about a mile outside of DC).

I can walk to a bunch of grocery stores, shops, restaurants, bars, my dog's groomer and vet, work (but I choose not to walk hahaha), the buses, theatres, and all these tourist spots. (West Hollywood!)
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Silver Spring, MD btw, about a mile outside of DC).Engrish_Major
I lived in Four Corners for a year.
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I live in a big city and I hate it sometimes. I wanna live in the countryside, in a village with 20 inhabitants maximum :|

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[QUOTE="akbar13"]

I want to live in a place like in Hot Fuzz. So I can just walk down the street and get something and don't have to use a car. Thats the thing that I hate about America, you need to use a car to get everywhere. Someone said that Europe had better city planning and I think that is right.

EMOEVOLUTION
You have a great point.. the transportation system in the United States is horrible. The roads are falling apart.. most of the bridges need to be repaired.. there is essentially no mass transit outside of the big cities.. we rely on singular trucks to transport most of the goods.. seriously.. it's a joke.

Oh? Well that's not what I meant. I meant that to get somewhere in most towns you need a car.
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[QUOTE="EMOEVOLUTION"][QUOTE="akbar13"]

I want to live in a place like in Hot Fuzz. So I can just walk down the street and get something and don't have to use a car. Thats the thing that I hate about America, you need to use a car to get everywhere. Someone said that Europe had better city planning and I think that is right.

akbar13
You have a great point.. the transportation system in the United States is horrible. The roads are falling apart.. most of the bridges need to be repaired.. there is essentially no mass transit outside of the big cities.. we rely on singular trucks to transport most of the goods.. seriously.. it's a joke.

Oh? Well that's not what I meant. I meant that to get somewhere in most towns you need a car.

that's why I was talking about mass transit.
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a deer ran into my car once. another jumped onto my hood once :S
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"]Silver Spring, MD btw, about a mile outside of DC).Jandurin
I lived in Four Corners for a year.

Cool. I don't go north of the beltway much in that direction, but it looks like there's a lot of stuff in the Four Corners area. University Blvd and 29, right?
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#50 Snipes_2
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I guess Small or MEdium. I don't really like Cities.