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For those who live in cities...

What do you prefer?


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Those new mexico homes in the middle of nowhere also interest me they survive on solar power iirc.
some of those south-southwest states allow you build without permits too. Up here it's not like that.

topography would be a consideration for me. I've lived in the pac NW all my life and one great thing about it is all the trees. When I travelled to arizona I could see for miles and miles and that would feel weird living in such an open space.
 
I enjoy city life, I'm a very social creature and love the buzz of living in a busy place. I love the idea of ending my life living somewhere like the picture above but don't think it's particularly likely. I reckon by the time I'm reaching 'retirement' age the UK will have raised it to like 72 or something and I expect to die before that age.
 
I enjoy city life, I'm a very social creature and love the buzz of living in a busy place. I love the idea of ending my life living somewhere like the picture above but don't think it's particularly likely. I reckon by the time I'm reaching 'retirement' age the UK will have raised it to like 72 or something and I expect to die before that age.
The UK probably has very limited countryside living. A boxer from there told me there were like 60 million people in the same area as my state of washington, which has, I think 6 million and it's too crowded for me. Of course, not every part of the state is like the major cities but multiply that by ten and I don't know how much space would be available for country living.
 
I prefer living in the suburrrrbs, I like driving to my home away from the noise of the city were I used to live, and it's just quiet. Have a pint, check out Sherdog. That sorta stuff. The quiet life.
 
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Yup, I have a cousin who came to seattle, she's basically from the backwoods of alaska and she said, "i'd forgotten how much I missed Seattle" I asked my brother, "is she retarded?" This place is hell on earth.
Yeah, maybe I'm weird but seeing homeless camps and people shitting in the street isn't my thing. And the fact that in Minneapolis there is mass vandalism of cars, like little shits going down a dozen blocks smashing windows and flattening tires. Tons of carjackings. No fucking thanks. I would probably end up in jail for shooting someone of the wrong color defending my property.
 
At the ten year mark before I retire. Looking at land now to begin my epic gardening post career.

Hot and Bell Peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, collards, cabbage, some fruit trees (peach probably) and maybe some strawberries.

Country all day. I'm over the city and traffic.
 
Yeah, maybe I'm weird but seeing homeless camps and people shitting in the street isn't my thing. And the fact that in Minneapolis there is mass vandalism of cars, like little shits going down a dozen blocks smashing windows and flattening tires. Tons of carjackings. No fucking thanks. I would probably end up in jail for shooting someone of the wrong color defending my property.
I walked off the Ferry from Bremerton to Seattle and made it two blocks. That place was literally shit on.
 
Cities have nice amenities....food, activity, entertainment. I sure don't want to live in the middle of it. I lived 90 minutes away and that was rough. You get used to the drive but it's a grind.
 
City life for me. Specifically city life though, like living downtown/midtown/uptown, not suburban life. I would like a nice quiet getaway every once in a while to recharge though, so ideally I would have a place in the city and a cabin retreat next to a lake or wooded area I can escape to. I'm an introvert and I do isolate, but I like isolating with people and their energy around me, not so much in the middle of nowhere lol.
 
Never been there before but I have a cousin that lives in Oregon and been to Portland before. That place is an absolute shithole.
i was there about 15 years ago, it wasn't like that but neither was seattle, at least not as bad as it is today. Just seemed like it all went bad starting about 10 years ago and then just went to hell during the last 5-7. You just wonder where did these people come from all the sudden, did they move here? Did they live here all along and just lost their shit? Who knows, I just know they are a pain in the ass and I believe they either don't care about the problems they cause or they actually delight in the problems they cause.
 
be surrounded by nature, or be surrounded by strangers.

tough decision.
 
prefer to live in the city and pretend everyone around me doesn't exist

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i was there about 15 years ago, it wasn't like that but neither was seattle, at least not as bad as it is today. Just seemed like it all went bad starting about 10 years ago and then just went to hell during the last 5-7. You just wonder where did these people come from all the sudden, did they move here? Did they live here all along and just lost their shit? Who knows, I just know they are a pain in the ass and I believe they either don't care about the problems they cause or they actually delight in the problems they cause.
It's the evolution of liberal ideology. There is no truth and relativism rising. It doesn't matter to them to have a common moral code and this is what happens when you tell everyone their "truth" is all that matters and there are no absolutes. That's how we got to people recognized as women when they have a dick, somehow the police are the evil ones, foreigners are more important than our own people, and somehow being rich is bad thing.
 
Never enjoyed living in the city, even though I do... I pay out the ass for amenities that I do not use. Tend to now prefer peace and calm over convenience and chaos. Once the youngest is 18, I'm out to nature again.
 
I enjoy a mix of both. City life with optional country side nearby.
Texas has that, it doesnt take much to go from Dallas or Houston to a big ol isolated ranch, it's kind of cool
 
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The crime and all the other negatives of city life only affect if you A) live in the miserably poor areas themselves, or B) are addicted to rage baiting social media that pumps out videos of every single bad behavior in the entire country.
In NYC this is not true, if you take public transporation there is no avoiding all sorts of fuckin bullshit
 
I've lived everywhere. From big cities like Los Angeles and Dallas to little towns like Wakefield, KS or Randolph, VT. I've lived in Europe and Alaska.

I'm currently floating around West Palm Beach. It's really nice to see all the activities, but last night we went out to dinner and there were THREE wrecks on our side of the road within a 5 mile stretch. All rear end collisions where clearly these fucks were watching youtube or texting.

I much prefer tropical islands, empty anchorages, and no traffic or noise. I'll be in the Berry Islands next week with a few hand selected neighbors.
 
It's the evolution of liberal ideology. There is no truth and relativism rising. It doesn't matter to them to have a common moral code and this is what happens when you tell everyone their "truth" is all that matters and there are no absolutes. That's how we got to people recognized as women when they have a dick, somehow the police are the evil ones, foreigners are more important than our own people, and somehow being rich is bad thing.
Before that, sociologists blamed a lot of it on "anomie" meaning a place where people don't know most of the people they come in contact with and are alienated. That has a ton of truth to it too. Overall, city people are coddled, soft, too interested in the superficial and meaningless and feminized. That's probably no accident, if you had an overabundance of human beings, you don't want half of the pop being warriors and egomaniacs which is what men are when you strip us down.
 
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