Country VS City

[BantyHugger]

I know most of the people here will probably say they prefer to live in the country because of poultry owning benefits. However, I have now lived in the country 4 years and I miss the city horribly. Why do you guys like your location? Why do you dislike your location?

It seems to me that as far as friendships out here go, you don't need people as much. In the schools there is no trouble so people don't need/like huge extended networks of friends. Nothing is convenient - store wise. If its mid-day and you have nothing to do you can look out side and see........Nothing happening! In fact the only benefits I have found are 1) Its quiet at night and 2) you can have as many animals as you want. I am definitely pro city.

Please try and keep this civil - I am not trying to bash on anyone's home; I just prefer more human contact.

 

[CrazyChickieMama]

I think I've found the perfect solution. I live in a town of 500 people, 15 minutes away from a big city(big stores) and am still able to have my chickens and ducks and rabbits...the lady a block over even has a horse...it's perfect!!!

 

[MidnightChickenLover]

I live in the country and love it. It has space and is quiet. I can see the stars beautifuly beause there is hardly anyother lights from keeping it that way. I can grow and expand! I can talk to people without worrying. It is freedom! The crisises the city has are gone! I am close enough to a city to receive high degrees and yet peace surround the place. I can actually see real life before my eyes, see forests stay alive!, whatch critters run wild and free! not scwabbling over the last tree alive! This is as close as I can get to what this world was, and as close as mother nature intended! without going too far from civilization...

And no, I'm not a tree hugger

I just feel that we shouldn't build cities, but that we should regrow the forests that we cut down to make them! We hear of forests now, but it used to be a whole...

wow, I do sound like a tree hugger, hahaha

 

[MidnightChickenLover]

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It is very similar where i am... close to everything , but far enough away... it does sound perfect... doesn't it?

 

[CityChicker]

Ideally, I would like a balance. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, several hours from even a small "city" and to be honest, I miss that environment horribly. I moved to a large city straight out of high school and my husband and I have continued to live in pretty urban areas now for several years.

We are currently in a close-in suburb, only about 10 minutes from downtown. My saving grace is that we live on about an acre (huge lot for this close in to downtown). Luckily, my husband's mother also has a small farm as well that is only about a half hour away. If I didn't have the ability to get away from it all and be with my animals, garden, etc..., I would completely lose it.

 

[Sugar Sand Farm]

I grew up in the city and have lived in both. I now am in the country and I agree it does have its disadvantages. When we lived outside of Fort Lauderdale, we were on 3 acres. The property next to us was a plant nursery so it was quiet. But down the street from us was a major thorofare and lots and lots of stores. Within 3 miles was one of the largest malls in Florida. We had the best of both worlds, but taxes got out of hand and DH's job changed so we moved up to northern Florida and the country. Now fwe are 17 miles outside of town. The town is very small When we moved here the biggest store was Kmart until Walmart movd in. Shopping is a nightmare as you only have the two stores To go to a real mall its 70 miles away. Neighbors are few and far between, most of them are so busy traveling to jobs you don't see them. I had a very close neighbor but she moved away and I am lonely for human company as well. The only advantage I can find to living here is DH is happy and he can finally have his little farm he always wanted. We are rally in the boondocks as our property butts up to the wildlife management area. The area is building up now as down the street a mile or so more and more people are building we have at least 8 cars or trucks going up the road each day Might have to move farther out DH says.lol

 

[Zahboo]

I like the country. It's the only place I've ever known. We went to Atlanta for vacation and I was lost! The properties were too close and there were too many people. It was 8 in the morning and I couldn't even find a restroom. Ugh. I don't like people. It's not that I'm antisocial, I just don't like them

I would rather not feel like I have a neighbor shoved up my butt watching my every move.

 

[cw]

as far as the country goes I like the idea of lookin out the window and seeing the nothing happening (like the soft country breeze makin the flowers dance, the bees doing there daily work, chickens peckin in the grass, cattle grazing, calfs buckin, horses running, kids playin in the dirt, etc)its the most exciting place in the world if you really look , as far as the convience I always thought the self sufficiency of us country folk is what made us country folk, (the idea of gettin by with out)(or makin do with what we have)
yes some small towns are nice, but keep me out of the concrete jungles, and leave me where i have room to breathe

 

[EngieKisses]

You need a home in an area like mine. We are technically in the city of Tulsa, minutes away from stores. However, my nearest non-relative neighbor is 800 feet away but their are several houses on our street with no home owners foundation mandates against animals. We live on 40 acres in an agriculture zoned section of the city. We can have as many chickens and animals as we want though.

 

[MidnightChickenLover]

I like Zahboo's and cw's posts.. you just get it!