Urban or Rural?

[Unbreakable Will]

I live in Tennessee. 'nuff said.

:shoot:

[fire_of_avalon]

My entire county is less than 30k people.

I think mine is still less than 20k.

Rural. Before age 10 my address was RR Box 96-1. We didn't even have a road name. And it was dirt.

[NorthernChaosGod]

Wtf is the suburbs option? I live in the eighth largest city in the USA, but in the suburbs, dammit.

[chionos]

My entire county is less than 30k people.

I think mine is still less than 20k.

Rural. Before age 10 my address was RR Box 96-1. We didn't even have a road name. And it was dirt.

Yeah, but did you call it a holler.

[Shorty]

Give me enough public transport that I don't need to drive, give me art galleries and galas, give me graffiti and stadiums, give me festivals, upscale dining, markets, back-alleys, underground music and ridiculously specialized bookstores - and then surround the periphery with stunning scenery and access to the pristine outdoors, including snow, beaches and forests.

Coffee shops, records stores, parks-in-the-city, state fairgrounds, ten Chinese places within a five block radius, over-priced bakeries, lights lights lights lights lights ad signs lights lights lights, taxis, concert venues and being conveniently located for bands to play, parades, book signings by your favorite authors, the public celebration of any holiday whatsoever (St. Patty's Day, Mardi Gras and Cinco de Mayo - ie, the fun ones), going to Safeway at midnight to get a cherry coke, getting out of a late night movie and going to get ice cream or donuts because those places are still open and the ability to get a sandwich or order pizza anywhere at 2am.

Urban.

[The Summoner of Leviathan]

Born rural, now live urban.

[chionos]

book signings by your favorite authors

Ouch. That one hurts. I have to travel a couple hours to get to anything writerly of significance, and even Lex. itself doesn't have the kind of community I wish it had.

[Mirage]

I like cities and I live in one now. I did however grow up in a place that was too small for us to even have a street name.

[Yerushalmi]

Urban. Definitely urban.

I want to be able to pop out of the house at midnight or later to buy some popcorn at the corner grocery store. I want to live far, far away from the nearest godforsaken pollen-producing organism so I can breathe between March and May. I want to live far, far away from the nearest biting or stinging insects. I want to hop on a bus or subway that takes me straight from where I am to where I'm going. I want action, noise, new things happening all the time, lots of people around to become friends with and upon whom you can depend to bring vital skills with them in the event of a zombie apocalypse. Urban all the way.

The stars are a drawback, though. Terrible shame. Meteor showers when you can actually see them are beautiful.

[Night Fury]

I love city living because it's so lively and active and busy! You can walk down the street and nobody gives a smurf. In my hometown, you walk down the street and everyone knows you. Or they talk to you, in the city they don't and I like that.

[Pike]

85% of the things you Urban folks are talking about are available in my Rural hometown.

Feels good man

[Værn]

Yeah same here.

I'm in a town of 30,000 people and I consider it rural.

I wouldn't ever want to go much bigger than that to be quite honest.

I live in a village of less than 1,400 and I consider your city to be a vast metropolis in comparison.

[Loony BoB]

Suburban is still urban as far as I'm concerned, and I'm definitely urban. I like having everything on my doorstep. I do love nature, but you can't have both, and I convenience is something I enjoy all too much. I want to have my high speed broadband internet, all the shops I need, cinema complexes, a variety of restaurants, parks, competing supermarkets with all the obscure crap I could ever need, various takeaways etc. all nearby.

EDIT: Pike, I would consider a town with 30,000 people to be urban. Rural is more... villages, hamlets, farms etc.

[Yerushalmi]

Suburban is rural as far as I'm concerned. I suffered greatly from the suburbs in which I grew up. There's no convenience.

[Pike]

EDIT: Pike, I would consider a town with 30,000 people to be urban. Rural is more... villages, hamlets, farms etc.

But that's all we are. Farms, cows, people riding horses, clear skies with a view of the Milky Way galaxy every night. There's just a lot of us in one spot because there's nothing else for like 300 miles in any direction. I mean literally nothing else, it's all wild animals and stuff.

I live in a village of less than 1,400 and I consider your city to be a vast metropolis in comparison.

Your entire state is unfathomably high-populated to me. So there.