Zone1 Urban vs. Suburban Living

[GMCGeneral]

So, I'm opening this debate to anyone here because I've been watching an onslaught of pro-urban videos on YT touting the virtues of urban/city living over suburban living, and putting down anyone who would rather NOT live in an area with not enough land around their single family houses.
So, advantages of suburban living are as follows:
1. Relatively quiet environment.
2. Streets/Roadways and other services typically better administered
3. Schools are not graduating at an abysmal 50% rate
And that's just for starters.

 

[petro]

I went into an exurban area.
Private well and septic. Large acreage lots, most of which like mine have a second detached garage or pole building. Cars in attached garage, toys in the other. No city police, Sheriff's office serves rural area.
Only shooting is goose or deer hunters in large tracts of land.
I can also access the entire state snowmobile trail system from my own property.
I consider suburban the same as city living.

I like the sticks.

 

[leftwinger]

Lived both.

Rural great if young. Long drives. Don''t need medical. Have dogs. Chop wood. Play sports. Parties. Girls in out. Kegs, drugs bars.

Urban good for older. Eatout, takeout, doctors, car service, dental, Haircuts, hIA, gated, Police, Walmart, jobs all within the city or suburbs area 50 mi radius. Lots of stuff.

 

[he just circle K]

Remember that commie program called Agenda 21? The goal was not only to cull a bunch of people into cities, but to stack them on top of one another like blocks.

Remember what happened to the name Agenda 21? They changed it because it sounded to ominous. It is now under names like "Green Living."

 

[Failzero]

I’m more rural ( Country Home ) and Ultra Rural ( Mountain Home )

 

[Dekster]

Land is less desirable than it used to be. People don't want to have to take care of it. My city is in the process of reducing setbacks and minimum lot sizes in part because people don't want yards.

 

[Failzero]

Land is less desirable than it used to be. People don't want to have to take care of it. My city is in the process of reducing setbacks and minimum lot sizes in part because people don't want yards.

Yards lol

 

[alang1216]

So, I'm opening this debate to anyone here because I've been watching an onslaught of pro-urban videos on YT touting the virtues of urban/city living over suburban living, and putting down anyone who would rather NOT live in an area with not enough land around their single family houses.
So, advantages of suburban living are as follows:
1. Relatively quiet environment.
2. Streets/Roadways and other services typically better administered
3. Schools are not graduating at an abysmal 50% rate
And that's just for starters.

I grew up in a big city and that is what I'm used to. I'm suburban now, it about 1 mile to shopping, there is a bus around the corner if I want it but I end up driving most places. Plenty of stores, restaurants, doctors, sports, and people to socialize with. I'm outside a big city but hardly ever need to go there. I'm very happy here.

 

[1srelluc]

I've lived in town all my life and as I've gotten older I appreciate it more and more.

For years I leased nearby hunting land that amounted to better than 1K acres but as i got older and people started dying off I decided to buy my own hunting/fishing/range property.

I got really lucky and found a nice piece of unrestricted land along the Shenandoah River eight miles away from home. The guy that owned it was going through a rough divorce and sold it to me cheap just to get out town.

It worked out great for me so after getting the place up to snuff I let the leases expire. Later on I bought the adjacent property, also unrestricted. That gave me right at 100 acres, more than enough for my needs.

I've been thinking of leasing it to the Isaac Walton League. That way I still get to use it and they upkeep it.

 

[x chicago]

I'd put country living in there. I grew up on a farm and shared time at a ranch. Both, of course, were outside the city limits. I would actually prefer to live outside the city limits, but not a great distance from town. I'll probably change my mind upon retirement (a long ways off) because I would move remote.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

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Right on the edge of a small rural town. County sheriffs. Rural water system. Town sewer and sanitation and gas. Electric service by large three-state monster.

Clean, safe, quiet. I can almost throw a rock and hit a cornfield.

I love the 25 mile drive through town, through corn and soybean farms.

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[Failzero]

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Right on the edge of a small rural town. County sheriffs. Rural water system. Town sewer and sanitation and gas. Electric service by large three-state monster.

Clean, safe, quiet. I can almost throw a rock and hit a cornfield.

I love the 25 mile drive through town, through corn and soybean farms.

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My mountain home ( Ultra Rural Eastern Shasta County / Southern Cascades ) is one hour northeast of Redding . My Country home is almost 4 Miles west of Redding ( Outside of the City Limits in County )

 

[Dekster]

We live in an urban area and have a farm in the not so urban area. I prefer actually living to where the police, fire, and ambulance can be here in a matter of minutes and the ER is less than 10 minutes away. I like that I can be at work in 12-15 minutes and most places I need to go are within a few miles of that route. I like having concerts and restaurants and such minutes away.

I like spending time at the farm on 3 day weekends where I can pee off the front porch and nobody knows where we are to pester us, but God I would hate to live there full time. Too far to everything.