[Pix]

To me the city is abnormal.

Country people often develop inner resources to entertain themselves and find even the orange haze of a street lamp an insult to the beauty of the night.

[clivehawkins]

[quote=Pix]To me the city is abnormal.

If you live in the city, when did you last here the sound of a bird's wings as it took flight, startled when you passed near the tree it was resting on?

You're quite right, of course. But where else could you hear the cough of an asthmatic pigeon?

Seriously though, I like the city for the convenience but find myself being ever drawn to smaller and smaller ones, while spending most of my free time in the mountains, or at least away from traffic and graffiti. So I guess I'm a country mouse who doesn't know it yet!

[livinginkorea]

When I korea first I was in a small town of 30,000 people and after a week I realised that I made a huge mistake. I was so bored, I interacted lots with the people around me but there was nothing much to do except go up the one mountain, go drinking to the 2 good bars. There was a beach nearby but it was too cold in Winter and too hot in Summer so I couldn't go there for long. There was 3 other westerners in the town who I could talk to and there was another bigger town about 30 minutes away but the last bus back was 8.30 in the night. It started to drive me crazy and I worked like crazy to pass the time.

Then I moved to a city which is about 40 minutes from Seoul and I am never bored here. There is so much to do but sometimes I wish that it was a little quieter

[Pernickety]

Grew up in the country and hated the remoteness, the boredom.

Moved to the city for uni and all my working life chose big cities and loved the buzz, the bars, the metro, the entertainment, the variety of food etc etc

Then I had children and now I love the country again.

voted Country!