Urban or Rural?

[Iceglow]

I was born and raised in London, some 611sq miles and well in 2001 it numbered over 7 million citizens, 12 years later it's likely to be some 10 million plus and at a high density (somewhere in the region taking in to account population growth, 5000 plus per square kilometer. Growing up in the biggest city in Europe has some major advantages, I'm rarely lost in urban situations as I'm used to navigating my way around the maze that is London.

As I get older I find myself pushing myself further and further away from Central London. I'm now living and working betweens zones 3 and 6 (divisions on the public transport maps) of South London I'm essentially living in Surrey (though a little misleading as Greater London has consumed segments of all counties around the London region) and there's a lot of open land and parks. I always keep saying that one day I'll wind up going "screw this" and like move to Tennessee or somewhere equally as rural.

[Pike]

You know what I hate the most about big cities? Traffic. I missed my scheduled flight back to the States and had to wait an extra day because we were stuck in the same spot in traffic for like two hours on our way to Heathrow.

[Mirage]

Get a motorcycle and zigzag between all the cars.

[kotora]

Ho ho, you folks are in for a treat:

Kowloon Walled City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If only it was still around for me to witness

[Iceglow]

You know what I hate the most about big cities? Traffic. I missed my scheduled flight back to the States and had to wait an extra day because we were stuck in the same spot in traffic for like two hours on our way to Heathrow.

Generally speaking, screw getting to Heathrow by car. That's worse than suicide. For Heathrow you use the public transport system, the tube will get you from Central - Heathrow inside of 45 mins. From somewhere in SW London such as Earls Court, 20 mins or less, not to mention the mainline shuttle services. Much can be said in general of all of the main UK Airports but for Standstead and Heathrow, it's not just a recommendation it's almost an imperative. As you found out.

[Shiny]

The burbs is where I'm from, but I prefer rural. It's quiet and there are lakes. I do like urban when I want to have fun hopping around places. Depends on my mood I guess.