## City or village

Post by Chris12 » Thu May 24, 2012 1:21 pm

Where would you prefer to live?

### Re: City or village

Post by sarobah » Thu May 24, 2012 4:30 pm

Having lived in both (actually a small town rather than a village), I can state unequivocally that I am a city girl!
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### Re: City or village

Post by Jay Candice » Thu May 24, 2012 9:03 pm

Cities have more stuff to do in them. At least the right cities.
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### Re: City or village

Post by random » Fri May 25, 2012 2:54 am

Small towns as they have lots of trees and history. Also it's quiet and everyone knows each other.
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### Re: City or village

Post by truly_trussed » Fri May 25, 2012 3:09 am

Urban doesn't necessarily = urbane but I suspect in a major metropolitan area people might be more tolerant of our "hobby." I should add, however, it depends on the city - and the country. That's country as in nation, not country as in rural.

### Re: City or village

Post by drawscore » Fri May 25, 2012 5:48 pm

Please define the terms. What is a city, and what is a town? What defines a city, village, or town? Population? Land area? Jacksonville, Florida is the largest city in the US in land area. New York City still claims to be the largest US city by population.
under 1000 population
1000 - 5000
5000 - 10,000
10,000 - 25,000
25,000 - 50,000
50,000 - 100,000
100,000 - 250,000
250,000 - 500,000
500,000 - 1,000,000
over 1,000,000
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### Re: City or village

Post by Jason Toddman » Sat May 26, 2012 12:55 am

However you define a city, I prefer to live out in the countryside. Not necessarily in the wilderness, but in a rural area quiet enough so that you can hear no one else but yourself (and anyone living with you) when you step outside.
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### Re: City or village

Post by Melodee » Mon May 28, 2012 12:59 pm

I'd prefer village, smaller places are quieter and more peaceful

### Re: City or village

Post by Tieup1 » Tue May 29, 2012 10:26 am

Village or small town for me, its a quieter life than in a city, you get to know more people, crime rate is usually lower, better quality of life imo.

### Re: City or village

Post by random » Wed May 30, 2012 2:53 am

However the bad part of wanting to live in a small town is that most universities are in the city and that there are less job opportunities in small towns which is a shame.
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### Re: City or village

Post by Jason Toddman » Wed May 30, 2012 7:39 am

Fewer opportunities to make friends in the country too because there are so many fewer people. I had an insane amount of luck with the number of quality of friendships I had growing up in a rural area; i helped that for a while I had to live in the same house with two cousins who were way into Tugs when I began high school, and they'd formed their own TUGs relationships that they let me get into. On my own I'd have probably never met anyone!!! But on the flip side if you DO make friendships, living out in the country gives you WAY more privacy for Tugs because it's way easier to get out of earshot and eyesight of everyone else!!!
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### Re: City or village

Post by xtc » Wed May 30, 2012 7:52 am

I live on an estate near a village, next to the New Forest.
It has one major advantage: it's a long way from London.
It has one major disadvantage: it's a long way from London!
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### Re: City or village

Post by Chris12 » Thu May 31, 2012 2:57 pm

I prefer a village, it just feels easier to feel at home there then in a big city.

### Re: City or village

Post by Jason Toddman » Thu May 31, 2012 3:58 pm

> Chris12 wrote:I prefer a village, it just feels easier to feel at home there then in a big city.

I couldn't agree more! It gos double when you have a large dog - they need free countryside to run around in!
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### Re: City or village

Post by hogtiedgirlamber » Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:29 pm

Probably village or out in the country where it's nice and open

### Re: City or village

Post by tiednw » Sat Jul 14, 2012 2:57 pm

I prefer a village (7500-10000 inhabitants). Probably I will buy a house in the south east of the Netherlands. So I live in a small village, but have all advantages of big cities close by (45.000.000 inhabitants in a circle of 200 kilometers, with 7 intercontinental airports)
That would combine the best of a small village with the best of a big metropolitan city!

### Re: City or village

Post by Jason Toddman » Sat Jul 14, 2012 9:10 pm

> tiednw wrote:I prefer a village (7500-10000 inhabitants).

Interesting how a definition of a village has changed over time. When I was a kid (and no, it wasn't in the dark ages!!!), what you describe would have been considered a small city. A village would have had 1000 inhabitants or fewer - and probably a LOT fewer. Growing up I lived in a town of about 1500 with the closest 'village' of the size you describe being 15 km away and the biggest city within 200 km having less than 70,000 people, with fewer than 1 million within a 200 km radius (though to be fair half of that was ocean).
Darned population explosion.
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### Re: City or village

Post by drawscore » Sun Jul 15, 2012 3:30 am

C'mon, Jason, we know you walked barefoot, three miles to school, uphill both ways, except for when the snow was 12 feet deep, and you had to ride your wooly mammoth. And I heard you were on a first name basis with Moses. You called him "Mo."
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### Re: City or village

Post by Jason Toddman » Sun Jul 15, 2012 11:22 am

> drawscore wrote:C'mon, Jason, we know you walked barefoot, three miles to school, uphill both ways, except for when the snow was 12 feet deep, and you had to ride your wooly mammoth. And I heard you were on a first name basis with Moses. You called him "Mo."
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Actually I *did* take to walking partway home from school for the exercise (not going the other way though) in my junior and senior years in high school, but only for two miles (out of a total distance of six). No mammoths or glaciers, though when I got home my black labrador retriever often greeted me much the same way Dino greeted Fred Flintstone.
I DID know a Moses; but that was the name of a neighbor's cat!!!
And I said dark ages, not the ice age. You DO know the difference between the two, I trust!
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