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

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a deer ran into my car once. another jumped onto my hood once :SJandurin

It wanted to be a Hood ORnament. How sweet. :D

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#52 Oleg_Huzwog
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Small town that's within a 30-45 minute drive to a big city.

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#53 deactivated-5f9e3c6a83e51
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I like somewhere in between. Enough where I can have all the amenities, but not enough to have awful traffic and 3.4 million people that want to see the same movie you do at the same time.

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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?Engrish_Major
yup or as I like to think of it, 193. :P
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#55 Engrish_Major
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yup or as I like to think of it, 193. :PJandurin
You say 193, I say tomato :evil:
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my wife works at discovery. you could visit her :o lulz "Hello Ma'am. No need to worry. I'm from the internet." Would she get it, I wonder.
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#57 rawsavon
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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"][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.

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).

That is simlar to Addison (where I live)...part of the metroplex -I am 10 min away from everything, but can go into the heart of Dallas if need be
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#58 Engrish_Major
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my wife works at discovery. you could visit her :o lulz "Hello Ma'am. No need to worry. I'm from the internet." Would she get it, I wonder.Jandurin

I'm sure she would. I'll just wear my special "I'm from the internet" suit.

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[QUOTE="Engrish_Major"][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).

That is simlar to Addison (where I live)...part of the metroplex -I am 10 min away from everything, but can go into the heart of Dallas if need be

When I lived in Philly, I would go through a tank of gas in about 3 months. I walked to work, the stores, everything. Nice thing about living IN a city as opposed to the burbs. Trouble with the US is land is so available, that we get sprawl.
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#60 Wings_008
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i am a city boy and spent most of my life living in cities, and now my aviation academy is in a small town in southern France, i can say that the small town life sucks other the beautiful view, friendly people and the low crime, it's not very interesting to live in
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#61 Famiking
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Big cities. 5 million+ please, 10 million+ with awesome public transportation would be the best.

I've lived in a big city with 6 million and a medium sized city of 700,000 and a suburb with 35,000. I like the big city the most.

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#62 PeaceChild90
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I love big cities. I can't ever imagine myself living in a small town.

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#63 coolbeans90
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I would totally live in a huge city, except for the fact that traffic sucks in them. (I really enjoy driving for the sake of it...) I guess somewhere in between. Like a suburb near a major city.

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#64 rawsavon
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Engrish_Major"] 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).sonicare
That is simlar to Addison (where I live)...part of the metroplex -I am 10 min away from everything, but can go into the heart of Dallas if need be

When I lived in Philly, I would go through a tank of gas in about 3 months. I walked to work, the stores, everything. Nice thing about living IN a city as opposed to the burbs. Trouble with the US is land is so available, that we get sprawl.

That is nice (the gas part)...I still drive about 10-12 miles a day...but not bad at all (less than when I lived in a small town that is for sure)
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#65 ariz3260
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Big city, preferably by ocean side. Grew up in HK, never realized how much I love the ocean until I moved to AZ... nothing but sand.

Ideally I would like to move to San Francisco... absolutely fell in lowe with that city

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#66 MgamerBD
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I live in a big city...or close to one. I could just walk to Manhattan if I wanted too.
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#67 DJ_Lae
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Medium. Also, I wouldn't call 100,000+ big. 10,000 is miniscule, 50,000 is small. I'm living in a city with about 300,000 people in it and the surrounding areas, which is a good size for me. Any bigger and it's just too much.
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#68 Renegade_Fury
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Suburbs FTW.

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#69 rawsavon
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Suburbs FTW.

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Only if you want a family...at least in big cities...I would never want to make the commute into Dallas every day...those people spend 2 hours on the road each day...**** that -not worth having a yard IMO
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#70 Dark__Link
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Medium-sized town, probably. Around 25,000 people would be nice. Currently (when I'm not at college), I live in a village of 2,000 people on the outskirts of a town that has 30,000 people. It's nice but a little too quiet. I hate cities. Can't stand them.
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#71 Dark__Link
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[QUOTE="DJ_Lae"]Medium. Also, I wouldn't call 100,000+ big. 10,000 is miniscule, 50,000 is small. I'm living in a city with about 300,000 people in it and the surrounding areas, which is a good size for me. Any bigger and it's just too much.

For a city, those numbers are right... but not for a community in general. 10,000 is somewhat small. 50,000 is medium to big. 100,000+ is very large. You're comparing them to massive cities, but you can't since those aren't particularly common and offset the average.
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#72 sukraj
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I live in a small town but i'd rather live in a big city.

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#73 Maniacc1
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I love big cities and despise small towns, so I suppose it's obvious :P
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#74 certifieddata
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I live outside of a city of about 50,000 and I wouldn't want to live anywhere with a bigger population than that.

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#75 Mercury_May2112
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I live in a small city with a population of 80,000. Being young, I don't like it. I'd rather live in Vancouver. I like the sights and sounds of a city but at the same time, I'd rather retire in a small town.

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[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

Suburbs FTW.

Only if you want a family...at least in big cities...I would never want to make the commute into Dallas every day...those people spend 2 hours on the road each day...**** that -not worth having a yard IMO

i work in the suburbs :P
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#77 comp_atkins
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big city i suppose.
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#78 rawsavon
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

Suburbs FTW.

Jandurin
Only if you want a family...at least in big cities...I would never want to make the commute into Dallas every day...those people spend 2 hours on the road each day...**** that -not worth having a yard IMO

i work in the suburbs :P

That works then...I just would never spend over an hour each day commuting...seems like such a waste of your life
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[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="Renegade_Fury"]

Suburbs FTW.

Jandurin

Only if you want a family...at least in big cities...I would never want to make the commute into Dallas every day...those people spend 2 hours on the road each day...**** that -not worth having a yard IMO

i work in the suburbs :P

Ditto. My wife works downtown but the bus only takes about 15-20 minutes to get to her office from our bus stop. You must have terrible traffic down there or something Rawsavon.

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#80 deactivated-5d3f5f1ece8fb
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10,000 is a lot of people, lol

1,000 or less is good for me

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[QUOTE="Jandurin"][QUOTE="rawsavon"] Only if you want a family...at least in big cities...I would never want to make the commute into Dallas every day...those people spend 2 hours on the road each day...**** that -not worth having a yard IMOAtmanix

i work in the suburbs :P

Ditto. My wife works downtown but the bus only takes about 15-20 minutes to get to her office from our bus stop. You must have terrible traffic down there or something Rawsavon.

I don't have to drive in it (i live 7 min from work with little traffic or 20 with heavy) -but some people commute more than an hour each way ...that is what you have to do if you want an affordable, nice house with a yard in the Dallas 'area' I could care less about that -I have an apartment now and will buy a condo or townhouse
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I live in a small town of like 20,000 people and its SO BORING there is nothing to do hardly anywhere to shop or go....grown up with pretty much the same kids my whole life and you no pretty much most people in around your age...worst part full of drama and people gossip 24/7 its retarded therefore big city cant wait to move !
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I live in a small town of like 20,000 people and its SO BORING there is nothing to do hardly anywhere to shop or go....grown up with pretty much the same kids my whole life and you no pretty much most people in around your age...worst part full of drama and people gossip 24/7 its retarded therefore big city cant wait to move !misskarli24
I never really understood that mentality. I'm always hearing people say there is nothing to do in small towns, but I don't think that's true at all.. I think people who say that struggle to entertain themselves. Shopping and materialism is the only enjoyment you have in your life?
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#84 tequilero
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In a small town,I don´t like big cities.

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#85 akbar13
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What I need is a small town with Internet, cinema, restaurants, shops, and a gun range. I'm Set.

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#86 ExpiredGhost
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I would rather live in a small town because of the neighborly feel it has. I hate living in a city.
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Oh how I love the big city x

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#88 rawsavon
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I would rather live in a small town because of the neighborly feel it has. I hate living in a city. ExpiredGhost
good fences make good neighbors ;)
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Small town living really sucks. I mean seriously, if i don't know what is goin on in my life all I have to do is ask someone that I pass on the street and they will fill me in. LOL. There is nothing worse than other people knowin your own life story, who you were in high school, who you became after you got married. who you are sleepin with and when you have a pregancy scare. That "neighborly" feeling gets super old, super fast.

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#90 HitomiChan
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big city. . :)

i dont know why but i like the noise and stuff.

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#91 jetpower3
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A place that is not too crowded, offers plenty of public transportation, and is full of lucrative economic opportunity. I can't think of anything that fits that description.

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I live in semi-rural areas and it is a pain in the backside. The internet is crap, it's a 15 minute drive to the closest shop (which is where I work), it's an hours drive from university, and you never have people just 'pop in'. My friends for the past year have only been to my place once because I live far out and it would be pointless coming here ... I'm moving out soon though :)

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At the moment, I live in between, there is a few forests around, then it all just turns to hills for a while until you get to another town.

I prefer to be in between, it's the best of both worlds, it's quiet around here and I'm only about 20mins drive from Manchester City Centre.

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#94 Artosa
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i live in a small/medium working class town and im not gonna leave it

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#95 BiancaDK
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Villages wins the day for me :3

Moved away from Copenhagen recently, and i'm loving it so far.

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#96 oldmanriver1
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Big city so so easily. Like the fact that there is actually stuff to do in a big city as opposed to a small town. Could not live in a place with less then 200,000 people.

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#97 MaddenBowler10
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I'm a small town girl..living in a lonely world. Ok im not a girl
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#98 X360PS3AMD05
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I'd like to try all 3 first.
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#99 Mellosinferno
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I'd choose Medium area. Big enough so you don't stand out in a crowd and small enough so their is not that much idiots.
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#100 mad-aussie
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I think i prefer a small town but also reckon that big city would be good also. The benefits of living in a small town is that you would be able to remeber peoples names as their won't be so many people then a big city. This can also be bad because it's a small town it's likely that everyone knows each other and if you have a problem with a person then nearly everyone would know about it. Were as in a city if the same thing happened there the chances of someone you know from hearing about it are 1 to 1000 chance.

Well i guess that's just my point of view.