Would you describe yourself as "city," "country," or both?

[Joe Fields]

I guess I'm both.

[ohiosmith]

1. City.

[MrCoffee]

2. If by "City" you mean post-apocalyptic death zone, then I'm City

[Joe Fields]

3. Hey, use any definition you like!

[querelle]

4. Definitely City

The country scares me. There are bears and all kinds of scary animals in the country.:scared:

Q

[Joe Fields]

7. Yes indeed. The sounds of cop and ambulance sirens is oh, so

comforting to me!

[Wcross]

21. The most dangerous animal is man....

I will take my chances with wild animals! Lets compare murder rates in our respective counties. In the past five years there have been no reported murders in my county. How many in yours?

[Critters2]

31. I used to live in coyote country and

they really are more scared of us than we are of them. My dog had fox friends who'd hang out with her in the yard, but dash away when I came out. Here, I'm advised not to leave my dog outside unattended, people steal them.

Give me coyotes and foxes any day!

[Joe Fields]

69. Yep.

[querelle]

64. We Don't Have Counties

Here in Canada. Although, the metropolitain area I live in has about 1.2 million people and murder stats for 2005 were a total of nine. All violent crime has been dropping for the last six years and I feel very safe here. Also, if I get an urge to see some wilderness I don't have to go very far. About 20 kms in any direction and I'm in the country. Farm land to the east, west, and south. Wilderness forests to the north.

Q

[Critters2]

71. The developers are destroying,

err, I mean "developing" farmland as fast as they can get their hands on it here. Subdivisions are evil.

[ElboRuum]

68. If you're worried about man's inhumanity to man...

...the city isn't for you. Personally, it doesn't cross my mind often.

[Critters2]

72. I lived in Chicago for a year

My car was broken into 4 times. I left and never looked back. I don't usually lock my car here, and I never did in Iowa.

[ElboRuum]

67. Is it me?

Is it me or do you find the smell of the diesel fumes coming off the buses somehow therapeutic?

[Critters2]

73. It's you. nt

[Wcross]

5. Country.

I have tried both and prefer the laid back country lifestyle. In fact, if I could move to an even more remote area and make a living I would.
You can have your city life, it isn't for me at all.

[Joe Fields]

9. I used to live in a very small town of 400 people, and loved it!

We didn't even have a sheriff.

[Wcross]

Nearest town is 8 miles away- 700 people.

I just love where I live. I have never heard an emergency siren, the "thump" of a punks car stereo or even a neighbor cutting his lawn. The nearest neighbor is a mile away!
If I ever won the lottery I believe I would buy a couple thousand acres and build a home right in the middle of it. I guess you could say that I find people annoying.

[Joe Fields]

12. most generally.

[Critters2]

59. I envy you

Honestly.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Other: "planet."

[hyphenate]

8. More city than country

Though I've had both in my lifetime.

[KitchenWitch]

65. Same same!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. City, for me.........

But I do enjoy being out in the country.......

The feeling of peace and solitude there is so restorative.......

Not to mention all the wonderful things to photograph..........

But for day-to-day living.....I'm a city girl!


:woohoo:

[Joe Fields]

14. I was raised in a city, and recognize the advantages.

I have lived in the country, but found it really hard to earn a living. I much prefer the country, especially out west.

[Lady Effingbroke]

11. suburban trailer park.

[tjwmason]

13. Country

but very much English country where a town is never too far away - even better when London's under 30 miles as well.

[Joe Fields]

15. Isn't that a rather expensive proposition in GB?

[tjwmason]

17. Just about everywhere is a rather expensive proposition in G.B.

Especially in the South.

[NewWaveChick1981]

16. A cross between city and suburban.

I wouldn't say I'm urban, but I'm definitely not small-town or country. I enjoy larger cities more than I like being in small towns or the country. If I had my choice between New York and rural NC, I'd take New York any day. There's more to do and things are much more convenient.

[El Fuego]

18. City. The country makes me nervous.

[RebelOne]

19. I suppose I am both also.

Although I have always lived in big cities, I would prefer living in a small country town, but that's not where the jobs are.

[smtpgirl]

20. City, but now I live in the "country"

raised 5 miles from Washington, DC, so definitely "city".

[Joe Fields]

25. Do you like living in the country?

[Richard Steele]

22. Both, I reckon.

I've called both 'very rural' and 'very urban' home at one time
or another. Both have advantages, to be sure.

I like where I'm at now because it has my favorite elements of both.

[Joe Fields]

26. If you live in the midwest,

you have unlimited opportunities to have the best of both worlds.

[swag]

23. I am a knuckle-dragging country fuck who prefers the city.

[ZombieNixon]

24. Well, I've lived in the suburbs, the country, and the city.

Give me the city.

[Joe Fields]

27. Was it country by choice?

[ZombieNixon]

28. Oh no.

Not my choice, anyway. x(

[myrna minx]

29. I live in Minneapolis so the "polis" would imply more of a city/state.

:rofl:

[Phillycat]

35. I'm going there in a month!

For five days. Any suggestions for what I MUST see?

[myrna minx]

39. We should have a MN DU get together for you!

What are your interests? Do you like museums, clubs, riverboat rides? Our Science museum is wonderful as is our art museums. If you would rather go out to the clubs, there is always the 1st Avenue institution. It such a dump, that you have to love it. PM me if you would like and I can help direct you toward what you would enjoy doing. :hi:

[Phillycat]

41. Museums, definitely!

I don't drink, so I'm not much of a club-goer. I'll be with a Minneapolis native, so he obviously knows his way around the city, but he's not much of an art lover. I was wondering about, you know, cultural stuff. I hear good things about the Institute of Art - yes?

[myrna minx]

47. The Institute of Art is wonderful as is the Walker Art Museum.

The Walker has modern art from Warhol,Close & others.


The Science Museum has the Body Works exhibit until December. I haven't gone to it yet, but my friends gave it a rave review.
http://www.smm.org/

The Mill City Museum is a great exhibit about the foundation of the city of Minneapolis which is right on the Mississippi.
http://www.millcitymuseum.org/

The Wabasha Cave tours are a cool look into the gangster underworld of the Twin Cities. The caves were speakeasies for the mob.

http://www.wabashastreetcaves.com/

Our theme tours are narrated by knowledgeable and talented guides who make history fascinating and thrilling. Our historically dressed character guides converse and interact with the group members. Choose us and enjoy our unusual, fun-filled blast from the past tours!

Our historic Cave Tours are offered both in Saint Paul and Stillwater. These are walking tours and include the stories of cave formation and how the caves have been used in the last 150 years.

Our motorcoach tours are 2 hours long and include our ever popular Saint Paul Gangster Tour, the Mill City Mobs-Tour, and our newest Twin Town Tacky Tour. Whether you want to go back in time to the 1930's on our Saint Paul Gangster Tour or Mill City Mobs-Tour, or to the 1970's with our Twin Town Tacky Tour you'll delight in our Blast from the Past!!

We also offer seasonal tours. In October we have our Ghosts & Graves Tour and our Ghosts, Graves, & Caves Tour. Then in December we offer our Winter Lights Tour. Check out our Other tours in the category below.

Additionally, we offer a wide selection of tours for groups of 25+ including our No Blarney Tour (our Irish history), the Uff Dah! Tour (our Scandinavian history), the Rivers & Roots Tour (the growth of the Twin Cities along the Mighty Mississippi) or our Victorian Tour. All itineraries can be customized especially for you. We'll help you produce the perfect Twin Cities experience.

If you would like to take a cruise along the Mississippi in a faux riverboat:
http://www.minneapolisqueen.com/sched.asp

The Minneapolis Trolley Museum:
http://www.trolleyride.org/CHSL_Main/
A visit to the Como-Harriet Streetcar Line offers more than just a streetcar ride. After your trip back in time, enjoy the beauty of Lake Harriet, part of Minneapolis' famed Chain of Lakes. You'll find lakeside refreshments, picnic grounds, ducks to feed, band concerts of all kinds, boats and canoes for rent, a playground, the Roberts Bird Sanctuary, the Rose and Rock Gardens, and a series of bicycle and walking trails. For more information about all that Minneapolis' parks have to offer, please click here to visit the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's website.

You can also eat, drink, and shop in "downtown" Linden Hills - a neighborhood created by the streetcar. Just one block from the Linden Hills Boulevard stop or two blocks from the Linden Hills Station, you'll find interesting shops including the Bibelot Shop, Creative Kidstuff toys, and Wild Rumpus kids books and plenty to eat and drink including the Great Harvest Bakery, Sebastian Joe's ice cream, and Zumbro Coffee. For more information about the Linden Hills neighborhood and business community, please click here.

Take a streetcar ride and spend the day at Lake Harriet and in Linden Hills!



This is right off the top of my head for now. I'll try to think of other stuff for you to do later.

[Phillycat]

49. Wow, you are awesome!

Those cave tours look amazing! I definitely want to do that. Thanks so much for all the info! :hug:

[myrna minx]

52. You're very welcome.

The gangster/mob tours are really fun. Have a great time! :hi:

Oh, the Minneapolis Farmer's Market is really fun too.
http://www.mplsfarmersmarket.com/index.html

[Critters2]

30. Country, definitely

I live in a town of 18,000 and it's WAAY too big for me. Noisy, too much concrete, not enough green. I drive to the country on my day off, because if I can't see the corn growing I go nuts. And all my parishioners go to the hospital in the suburbs, so I have to face those traffic nightmares a few times a week. How do people live like that?

As soon as is reasonable, I'm going back to someplace really rural. In Iowa. Or Nebraska.

[Joe Fields]

53. I love the small, not even on the map towns out west.

[u4ic]

32. I need both

but to live, I prefer the city, for convenience sake.

[Tyo]

33. Definitely the city!

I'm an urban guy. The country scares me.

[Wcross]

40. You are kidding, aren't you?

About the country scaring you? If not, what is it about rural areas that you find upsetting?

[Phillycat]

43. There are no people!

It's just so desolate and weird and quiet.

[Tyo]

45. It's all that space with nothing in it!

Actually, the country doesn’t really scare me. But I’ve lived in rural areas and I’m not really comfortable there. I like the anonymity of the city and I feel like I fit in better. Also the amenities for sure. I lived in Tokyo for a while and loved it!

[Critters2]

58. The open country is the BEAUTY of the country

Just you and God and nature.


I hate cities.

[Tyo]

62. Exactly.

:boring:

[Phillycat]

34. City, city, city.

Cannot imagine living in the middle of nowhere. I love Philly!

[ceile]

36. City.

I can't function when there's less than 1 million people around me. I get lost.

[hfojvt]

37. I would have to say neither

a small town of 13,000 or 5,000 is not really a city. Neither is it properly 'country'.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

38. Both

I love the city, and have lived there a few times, but I live in the country now. Like it, too :D

[Silver Swan]

42. Country

I grew up on a farm, and even though I lived in the big city for 35 years, I never felt like I belonged.

I now live in the far suburbs, where there are cows between me and Chicago. Much better!

[femmocrat]

44. Both....

I grew up in the city, went to an urban university, taught in inner-city schools, and lived in a city neighborhood. When it came time to have a family, we moved to the suburbs. We kept moving further out, and have been in the country for 20 years now.

[applegrove]

46. Both.

[bigwillq]

48. Suburb

A little mix of city and a little mix of the burbs.

[deadparrot]

50. City, definitely. nt

[Fox Mulder]

51. City.

I absolutely hate living in the country.

[ForrestGump]

54. Country

Just not Deliverance country.

I don't even own a banjo.

I've lived a lot in suburbs and cities, and certainly moved around a lot of them, but I grew up in primarily agrarian surroundings (even some of the 'suburban' background was such) and it informed who I am and how I see things.

My most formative years were spent at an outdoor pursuits center (my parents worked there), so my background in the boonies was very atypical as a result of that place employing and attracting a cosmopolitan mix of people, many very well educated and all very well-traveled, with emphasis on adventure and many of the people being luminaries in such activities as rock and alpine climbing, sailing, various snow sports, kayaking, and so on. I essentially lived in the ocean, and on it, and when I wasn't in or on the water I was bashing around in the bush, climbing, or otherwise getting out amongst it all in adventurous fashion.

At times, I lived on farms or in farm-like surroundings (the outdoor pursuits center, for example, raised its own livestock for meat and we grew a lot of our own fruits and vegetables) but was never a farmer's kid and differed in very fundamental ways from the farmers' kids I went to school with. I consider myself very fortunate not only to have primarily come up in rural and small-town settings but to have been in a situation where the benefits of such were combined with a very cosmopolitan and openminded worldview, which was not the norm in adjacent rural communities thereabouts. I'm from the boonies, but in my case the backwoods boasted more degrees than some universities and my choice of primary careers undoubtedly leads directly back to that appreciation for nature (again,not something the farmers there were too big on) and the need to explore and understand it, and myself as part of it... :D

[Skittles]

55. I have lived in both a few times and I much, much prefer city

I'll take city life any day over country - country is just too g.d boring

[citizen snips]

56. city

I find the country very boring.

[GOPisEvil]

57. City. Definitely.

I don't mind VISITING the country, but I don't think I can live there.

[swimboy]

60. City

urban lad with an unfulfilled hankerin' to raise vegetables.

[wildhorses]

61. I live in the country but, LOVE to visit the cities...

compare and contrast the heavenly stars to the town's nightly lights....yearn to see Paris!

[CBHagman]

63. City, city, city, city.

City.

However, thanks to apartment life, I find myself going insane due to the high volume of my neighbors' TV. :grr: "One man's ceiling is another man's floor," as Paul Simon put it in a song. I have to live with it for the duration, which may well be the rest of my life!

[ElboRuum]

66. City...

Accept no substitutes.

[Broken_Hero]

70. depends on the definition of city

I really didn't care to much for bigger cities, aka Chicago, LA, San Fran...but smaller cities, aka Kansas City, Sacramento were good for me...but I like the country a lot also..its hard to determine, so I will cop out and say both...

[Broken_Hero]

74. Made up my mind

country, I would rather live in the country, than in a big city...I do like having my own room, without neighbors 10ft away from me...:) But, I really do miss going out roaming at 3am, getting fast food, beer, and crusing...:)

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[yellowdogintexas]

75. grew up country: nearest town population 200

Only 10000 in the whole county, one high school, etc.

However, since I finished college, the smallest city I have lived in was Evansville, INdiana. I much prefer the city, and always knew I wanted to live in the city even when I was in my teens. I knew staying in that small town was not for me.

I enjoy visiting my family in the country, and vacationing in rural areas and truly appreciate the rural life and its benefits, but I enjoy city life.