Country Linvin'
I remember first hearing the Aesop Fable tale of the "City Mouse and the Country Mouse" back in elementary school. Of course, there are many versions of the story but the outcome moral rings the same 'I'd rather gnaw a bean then be gnawed by continual fear'. Basically, city dwelling and country living both have their pluses and minuses. Stepping out of your house or apartment and within a few blocks walk, be in the middle of it all sure has its draw, but we chose the country alternative many years ago and we've never looked back. No regrets having made that choice. And as for 'fear', these days it's not confined to one locale. You can locate it easily in both places, and it certainly can find you if it wants you. Down the road, being closer to the city will certainly be a decision we'll ponder.
City life?
Country life?
Draw your card.
I must swing toward the city lifestyle. I even prefer cities when I travel.
ReplyDeleteI personally prefer the city, but a small city. Not enough punk rock shows in the country...
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ReplyDeleteCity for me Birdman, country roads are my fear!
ReplyDeleteWe also debated living further out of the city when we came back to Berlin (not really the country, but not so easily accessible with public transport). I'm glad we went for the "city" option though. I probably wouldn't get out and about as much if we had lived further out.
ReplyDeleteI think it's about age. When I was a kid country was a paradise, growing up I liked more the cities. Now I am thinking more and more often of a quieter life in a country house...
ReplyDeleteThere are times I'd love nothing more than to go back and forth between both- a place in the country and the advantages of a city. Perhaps in time.
ReplyDeleteI'm a city girl! I feel more comfortable with people around and out and about.
ReplyDeleteI'm like William, sometimes a little of both is nice.
ReplyDeleteBeen there, done both. Right now I'm a country girl but I'm a city girl wannabe. Country living in extremely rural places (I don't think you live in the same country like some of us) is not all it's cracked up to be! Seven miles to the nearest gas station, 24 miles to the nearest grocery that's not in a gas station, 50 to 75 miles to any kind of specialty medicine, no cable or fiber optic TV or Internet (satellite only), the older you get the harder it is. If I should be injured severely or fall suddenly ill I would probably die before the ambulance could get here. I could go on and on. Can't wait to get back to the city!
ReplyDelete"I'd rather gnaw a bean then be gnawed by continual fear." I'm going to write that on my wall. (I actually write on a real wall. It's in my house; my personal graffiti,)
ReplyDeleteI'm complicated. I want both.
ReplyDeleteCute condo btw.
ReplyDeleteI grew up way out in the country and in fact lived in US Government housing when Dad was a Forest Ranger way back when and I grew up country and all that but I always knew I was a city guy. To each their own I say. Both city and country and have their pros and cons and it is for each of us to sort out what we want.
ReplyDeleteI have become spoiled living at the end of a small country road. The thought of having to move to, "town", (later on in life), does not appeal to me.
ReplyDeleteWe live in a small town, so what is here isn't far away, but this sure isn't a city. Like your apartment building photo.
ReplyDeleteCity? Been there, done that. Country. Am there. Loving it. So far.
ReplyDeleteI'm a country girl, although I do live on the edge of a village.
ReplyDeleteIt all depends on my mood and the season. I like both for different reasons. I also like small towns, but my DH turns ashen when I suggest retiring in Door County. . .busy during tourist season, glorious in autumn, quiet with small resident population in winter, and new life in spring. DH thinks I would go ":stir crazy" in a small village, but I'd like to try. Villages in Door County would be my first choice (why did my parents ever move away?!).
ReplyDeleteNice bird apartment complex. Yours? I'm a near-the-city-but-with-some-grass-and-garden-and-quiet kind of guy. In Boston, I lived in Newton just beyond Boston College, literally six blocks from the Boston city line but in a quiet suburban neighborhood. In CT, I live in a quiet suburban neighborhood just three blocks from the Hartford city line. When I was in Columbus, I lived in a historic in-town neighborhood, but the magic of that place was that nearly every house had a pretty hidden garden behind it. And, in Naples, I live in a pretty golf community that is very well located and accessible. I have never lived in the country.
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