Are you one of them thar city slickers, or are ya a country bumpkin?

I was born and raised in the city...I love the city. I've lived in rural area on the edge of a market town for the last 48 years ..

I would move back to the city in a heartbeat if it was like it was when I left it as a young adult.. but crime is much more prevalent. I might be able to cope with that in my youth.. but not as I age..
 
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I was born and raised in big city.
I lived a short time in CT in a town of around 60,000 people.
When I drove south out f the town to the Long Island sound, I passed through a number of towns.
That same distance in my city would not have gotten me out of the city limits.
 
I grew up in the country but thanks to my Mother's effort, I was not a bumpkin. My career required me to live in large or medium sized cities but when I retired, I moved back to the country. I abhour cities and now completely avoid even visiting them.
 
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I get allergic smelling hay!
 
I don't fit in with the country bumpkins, the ones here are a paranoid bunch of malcontents, but I think I'd find city life too noisy. I put a fence around my property to keep the dopes from walking up to my house and looking in the windows. Yeah they wander around at night. Weirdos.
 
Llynn said:
I grew up in the country but thanks to my Mother's effort, I was not a bumpkin. My career required me to live in large or medium sized cities but when I retired, I moved back to the country. I abhour cities and now completely avoid even visiting them.
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It was my Dad that kept me from being a 'bumpkin'. I also have lived in some very big cities, but when i retired i want the peace of countryside.
 
OldFeller said:
By definition, there are no City bumpkins.

bump·kin
/ˈbəm(p)kən/
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noun

  1. an unsophisticated or socially awkward person from the countryside.
    "she thought Tom a bit of a country bumpkin"

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None of which means you can predict anything about someone's belief systems (religious, political) or biases strictly by where they prefer to live. Most stereotypes are frequently misapplied. Socially awkward is not necessarily ill-informed, ignorant or unreasoning. Having lived in both kinds of settings i strongly adhere to the credo Dad instilled in me: Form opinions about people strictly on an individual basis---what they do and say and how consistent their words and deeds are with each other; Not by any external factors that describe them.
 
feywon said:
None of which means you can predict anything about someone's belief systems (religious, political) or biases strictly by where they prefer to live. Most stereotypes are frequently misapplied. Socially awkward is not necessarily ill-informed, ignorant or unreasoning. Having lived in both kinds of settings i strongly adhere to the credo Dad instilled in me: Form opinions about people strictly on an individual basis---what they do and say and how consistent their words and deeds are with each other; Not by any external factors that describe them.
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I looked up the definition of "Bumpkin" after nemo2 mentioned "City Bumpkin" and that made me wonder why I never before heard the term.
Bumpkin is applied wherever it fits and is not intended to imply that all people from the rural areas are lacking in some way. So you have to earn your bumpkin status It's not automatic.
 
I grew up in a small town. Both my parents were quite sophisticated, and raised me to be a misfit in the town.

Now, I live in a small town again. Full circle I guess.

My language partner (in his 30s) has a similar background. Raised here in the boonies, but went to a posh school in the city.

We like to make fun of this town sometimes. The other day, I mentioned that the hardware store had changed hands; I'd read the "news" in the local newspaper. We just about killed ourselves laughing.

I've lived in the country, and in big cities. I could enjoy living in a city if I had the money to do so in style. But as a poor person, no.
 
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Pepper said:
I was happiest living in cities of about 100,00. I lived in these in New England states. Both were about an hour from Boston. I loved that atmosphere the best. In 10 minutes you were in the country. In NYC it takes an hour.
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I lived in CT for about 2.5 years. In htat time I had the chance to visit all the upper NE states. Beautiful country. IN 2018, my daughter and I vacationed in Plymouth MA and spent one day in Boston at its waterfront. I was bedazzled by the experienced.
 
I grew up in the country between two large city's, time and progress has now taken it's toll. I guess now I live in the city. I prefer the small town life but it seems like it is not available in my area anymore.
 

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