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re: How can people think city > country?
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:54 am to notiger1997
Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:54 am to notiger1997
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Living in Livingston with junked cars and trailers everywhere along with dumped trash on the side of the road is hell on earth.
Not to start a whole big fight or argument here, but in my limited time of travelling through Louisiana, I've noticed the northern portion of the state is substantially cleaner than the southern areas. And I am not just referring to New Orleans. We all know that place is filthy.
We were trying to get to Baton Rouge once and we had to take a detour from i-10 for some reason or another. Whatever highway we took...holy shite. I noticed people just abandoned and left trucks, cars, boats, couches, recliners, numerous filled trash bags on the side of the road. I never noticed that - not to that extent at least in the northwest portion of the state.
Why is that? Not as populated? More spread out?
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Posted on 2/19/16 at 11:59 am to JBeam
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Also, this is the type of situation where the parents live in one house. The grandparents live to the left of them and the uncle lives to the right of them.
I grew up in this setup, it's fricking ridiculous
After 22 years I had to get out. I've been living in "the city" for the last 6 years (3 in New Orleans), and wouldn't have it any other way. The only plus I can see from living in the suburbs would be having a pool. I say suburbs, because I would never live in "the country" again
To the OP, two nights ago my wife and I decided to go to a wine bar after cooking dinner. We called up a couple friends and walked to the bar. It took about 5 minutes to get there.
Can you do spontaneous things like this when you live 30+ minutes from "the city"?
Posted on 2/19/16 at 12:04 pm to GEAUXT
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Traffic, noise, congestion, crime, yuppies vs a couple of scattered rednecks
I feel ya. The older I get more and more I find that I just want peace and quite.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 12:06 pm to Epic Cajun
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To the OP, two nights ago my wife and I decided to go to a wine bar after cooking dinner. We called up a couple friends and walked to the bar. It took about 5 minutes to get there.
Can you do spontaneous things like this when you live 30+ minutes from "the city"?
Look man, priorities change. We did this as well living in Austin. I'd meet my wife after work for happy hour. We'd grab dinner and drinks with friends. We'd go see the live music on a Thursday night. Then we had kids...
Naturally, we stayed in Austin to raise them. We were very involved with their school, church, sports, music activities. We stopped hitting the happy hours because you're going to after-school activities and raising your child. Margaritas and lounging on the patio at Trudy's turned into taking the kids to and from baseball and football practice. We weren't hitting the new, trendy restaurants, the spontaneous live music show, and bars like we used to.
Now that the kids are grown...one in college, the others out, we just want to have a little more space. A place to relax. Hell, we're old.
The one pain in the arse is going to UT games. You're going to have a good time tailgating and over-indulge. The games sell beer at the stadium. After a victory (rare), you wanna hit some of the other bars and celebrate and catch a few of the other games. Being 30 minutes away sure does take a damper on that.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 12:14 pm to Louie T
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Using anomalies doesn't add a whole lot to this discussion
This debate is centered entirely around personal preference; anyone who truly "can't understand" why someone would choose one over the other isn't intelligent.
Correct. There are advantages to all three depending on lifestyle. In general, city is best for young and childless. Country is better for middle age. There certainly are exceptions.
One of the best things about society is that we have options to fit our lifestyle.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 12:44 pm to GEAUXT
I much prefer the country baw life. I will never live in the suburbs again though, they are the absolute worst.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 1:09 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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I will never live in the suburbs again though, they are the absolute worst.
Suburbs are the best of both worlds to me. You're close to the city and the attractions, yet you get a little space. They are typically maintained and generally safe. Unless you've got the need for 100s of acres, I don't see how they are construed as the worst?
Posted on 2/19/16 at 1:19 pm to GEAUXT
Posted on 2/19/16 at 1:22 pm to RogerTheShrubber
I'm well into middle age and love living in a city. I just moved to downtown LA and can't understand the people moving to places like Lancaster or Perris. Or even OC. Now if you are into hunting and fishing and move to Montana or someplace like that then I get it even though that's not me.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 1:24 pm to LSUbase13
Typically you're not all that close to the attractions of the city, at least in my experience.
The "space" is a joke if you've ever actually had space.
To me, the suburbs have all the cons of the city and country with very few of the pros. Bad traffic, no space, bad food, keeping up with the joneses, etc.
The "space" is a joke if you've ever actually had space.
To me, the suburbs have all the cons of the city and country with very few of the pros. Bad traffic, no space, bad food, keeping up with the joneses, etc.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 1:25 pm to LSUbase13
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I don't see how they are construed as the worst?
you get the long commute like country life, but the close proximity/small yards of city life
most people like country life for its peace and more room which doesn't really exist in suburbs
most people like city life for its convenience, and again, suburb life fails there as well
suburbs do generally have the best public schools and are generally the cleanest and safest though, so it has that going for it
This post was edited on 2/19/16 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 2/19/16 at 5:04 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:What do you want to do that requires so much privacy?
Having privacy to do what you want is a huge positive
Posted on 2/19/16 at 5:11 pm to GEAUXT
Better everything, more jobs and fewer rednecks/ignorants. Choice is easy.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 5:23 pm to ForeverLSU02
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I'll gladly commute an hour to work
That is why I live where I do. No way could I do that.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 5:32 pm to GEAUXT
I can't see paying $400k and up for a house that is no more than three feet from the property line. I guess if you've grown up in a city, that's all you know, but I couldn't live that way. If you can see your neighbors, they're too close.
And yet, where I live, like most places east of the Mississippi, the cultural attractions of an urban center are no more than an hour away.
And yet, where I live, like most places east of the Mississippi, the cultural attractions of an urban center are no more than an hour away.
This post was edited on 2/19/16 at 5:36 pm
Posted on 2/19/16 at 5:34 pm to Jim Rockford
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Jim Rockford
Remember, most of the time you can sell it for the same or more. Older cities have close lots.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 5:35 pm to GEAUXT
STFU dude. If the city assholes figured it out they would descend on the country like locusts.
The country is just turrble
The country is just turrble
Posted on 2/19/16 at 6:36 pm to Jim Rockford
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I guess if you've grown up in a city, that's all you know, but I couldn't live that way. If you can see your neighbors, they're too close.
I grew up like you say. I couldn't see my closest neighbors. That is the worst fricking experience as a child
I will never live in "the country" again.
This post was edited on 2/19/16 at 6:37 pm
Posted on 2/19/16 at 7:03 pm to mattz1122
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Better everything, more jobs and fewer rednecks/ignorants.
There's 10x more ignorant people in the city based on sheer numbers.
Posted on 2/19/16 at 7:07 pm to VerlanderBEAST
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What do you want to do that requires so much privacy?
Far up ma big truck I call big red and cut some ruts while pounding beers and listening to country rap
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