Where do you live.......

[Lesley]

is it in:

A.) the country
B.) a rural area (yes, this can also be country but not always)
C.) Suburban
D.) City
E.) Other


I live in small rural town in northern NH. Our town has about 2,000 people and is very cozy. We still have town meetings, local bands playing at the bandstand, community days, a very small (maybe 3 people) farmers market, ect....

So...tell me about your town. What is good about it? What is not so good about it? How long have you lived there?

I will come back and answer those questions too!! :0)

[Michele]

We live about 15 minutes from L.A. in southern California. It's a nice little suburban town. Lots of money - Big time good schools (and our own school district, separate from L.A.) People move here for the schools, as we were listed in the top 50 in the country. Biggest problem? The money. SNOBS. Big time. Can't get away from them.

[The Nester]

We live about a mile into the city limits of Charlotte. Perfect right now! We live in a neighborhood but pass empty fields on our short trip to the grocery! We long to have some land and dogs though!

[Domestically Challenged Goddess]

Oh this reminds of some positives about where we live. We have an acre of land and our property butts up to 90 acres of woods and a pond. It is perfect for our dog. :)

[April]

We live in a city, population 150,000+(in Missouri). I grew up here, my dh is from Tampa. Both of would like to move a little ways outside city limits to have a little land(and a little quiet!)

[Domestically Challenged Goddess]

We live in a pseudorural suburban area about 30 miles away from Cleveland. The urban sprawl is ridiculous. People in our town think we live in "the country," but I beg to differ. If we lived in "the country" there would not be a mall 2 miles down the road. We also would not be one mile from a major highway; oh wait, 2 major highways including the turnpike! It's pseudorural because there are farms in the area. There's actually an alpaca farm on my road. My husband and I were able to have a huge garden when we moved in there back in 2005. It's suburban because there are literally hundreds of shopping centers within a 10-15 mile radius of where we live and the houses are close together. Country? Hardly.
Do we like it where we live? Not one bit. We want to move soon. We feel we made a mistake choosing this area. If the housing market were decent, our house would be on it. ;)

[Jennifer]

I live in a city of 40,000+ near the coast of CA. I love it. The drive to get here is lovely and we have many things to do near us. Our town is sadly lacking in stores though.

[M3]

I liked Domestically Challenged Goddess' description: we, too, live in a pseudorual suburban area outside of Spokane, Washington. The City of Spokane has a population of approx. 250,000, but when all surrounding areas are included, it is said to be as high as 400,000. We have all the amenities we had in the Los Angeles area (we used to live in Glendora and I grew up in West Hills) without most of the problems that came with the congestion. We miss Trader Joe's, IKEA, and Cheesecake Factory. My daughter misses Souplantation and my sons miss Claim Jumper. Other than that, we wouldn't change a thing!

[Domestically Challenged Goddess]

Cleveland likes to sneak its suburbs into its caucusses, too. We live in a township so it doesn't connect to city sewers. Maybe that's why everyone thinks they're in the country. :P Either way, we are about 10 minutes away from a Cheesecake Factory and a Trader Joe's. I don't think you'd find any of those too closeby in the country. ;) I wish we had an IKEA here. The nearest one to us is in Pittsburgh--2-3 hours away. I know my friend was fighting to get one in Cleveland when she was working for a politician. No success at this time. :(

[DevilishSouthernBelle]

I'm in 'the country' in north Alabama. I love it here, even though I wish it was one of those quaint towns with a square! I'm only about five or ten minutes from several rural-but-growing towns, and about ten from a major city. Right now I love it here!

[Sarah]

I live a few minutes from San Diego, and it is definitely very urban. I grew up in South Dakota, in a town of 720 people. Tourism is big there, in the summer, so it seems bigger than it is (more like 2-3k). Here in San Diego I feel like I am trapped in the city. It really is nothing like I expected. I didn't know that people don't talk to each other. Most people won't even say 'hi' back. I miss the stars the most, though, you could see everything in South Dakota.

[Cara]

I live on an Island! Windy Whidbey Island in Washington State~ The small town we live in is the largest on the Island. We are about 2 hours drive from Seattle, about the same distance to Vancouver, BC. The best part of living here.. I'm a 5 minute walk to the beach and I see Bald Eagles flying over my house almost every day. The worst part.. lack of sun! Whidbey is definitely a tourist spot, the cost of living is crazy, but that adds a lot of charm to the area. The Navy is King here, being that half of the Population is Active Duty, a dependant or works on one of the 2 bases in town. The locals are proud of their Dutch heritage and we even have an old windmill. Everything is closed by 9:00 pm, and on Sundays. We have to leave the Island to shop anywhere besides Wal Mart or Home Depot. I miss the City life... but I don't mind it here too much!

[JackieWks]

The Land Of Oz

Kansas

A transplanted Okie though.