The differences between city folk and country folk.

bobcat

bobcat

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Most of us have probably lived in both at one time or another, and noticed differences between the people who live in each, and most likely you have a preference. Part of my family lives in the country, and part lives in the city. Sometimes it hard to explain the differences when you encounter people, but there are most likely noticeable behaviors that we perceive: Their demeanor, values, friendliness, home designs and maintenance, their attire, pastimes and way of life, etc....
I also wonder if those moving from the city to the country want to bring their culture with them, or if they just want to live a different kind of life, and do those moving from the country to the city want to adopt the lifestyle there?
 

We lived in cities for all my working years. When I retired, we moved to a nice 40 acre forest in the country. The past 20+ years have been really nice compared to the noisy, crowded. crime-ridden cities. Our nearest neighbors are a city block away, and all of them are real nice. We hope to end our days here, rather than having to move to some crowded senior apartment in a city.
 
I was born and raied in the city. At 19 I moved to a very rural sleepy backwater of a town.. hated it.. nothing to do , one main steet in the town centre.. everything closed at 5pm no buses at weekends, no buses after 6pm in the week... nothing to do for teenagers whatsoever, and pubs closed at 10pm and not open on Sundays.

I was so used to the exact opposite, where buses ran all night , we danced until 2am on weekends ..the hussle the bustle.. I hated the accent ... I loved the city...

I ws determined that I would save hard at the new job I got and go back... ..life took over, I met my future husband in that small town, he was the local butcher boy , he joined the Navy .. and we moved to a coastal Naval town, which was a little bigger ...stayed a year then moved again this time to a large Naval city... and over 5 years we moved 5 times wherever his posting took him..

.....and then finally we returned to that small country town to raise our child , back to where he was born and raised and to where his parents lived and where he went to school..... and I'm still here... and now as much as I'd love to return to the city after over 50 years away , the crime has got so out of control, I think it might be foolish...
 
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I've lived in big cities, towns, the country, villages and remote locations.
Now, we live on the out-skirts of a big city.
Each has its ways.

I can adapt to any type of environment.

After asking my wife to so many moves without a choice, I let her pick where we retired.
 
I've lived in several environments, city, country, desert, suburbs and deep forest. It's all cool and once ya lived those long enough, ya just kinda evolve into them. We just adapt that easily as humans. Personally, I would like to go back to the small 4000 population village I grew up at in Michigan.
 
Pepper said:
I have found country people have more drug & sex problems than city people; also drunk driving. City folks tame in comparison. Just my experiences. Maybe there's something different about Wisconsin and New Hampshire, though I doubt it.
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Same here in this rural area, drunks out driving before noon! And drugs, even a local Sheriff's deputy told me this was a high drug use area, as if I didn't already know. :rolleyes: Sex? Most of the drunks and druggies are too stoned for that, but a lot of sex offenders get dumped here when paroled from prison, the guy that lives to the South of my property is a sex offender parolee.
 
Nathan said:
Same here in this rural area, drunks out driving before noon! And drugs, even a local Sheriff's deputy told me this was a high drug use area, as if I didn't already know. :rolleyes: Sex? Most of the drunks and druggies are too stoned for that, but a lot of sex offenders get dumped here when paroled from prison, the guy that lives to the South of my property is a sex offender parolee.
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By sex, I meant cheating on your partner.
 
The main difference I perceive having moved from London to a small town is that here, everybody drives. Not that they don't drive in London - but a lot of people don't. In the capital, going by bus or tube or train is normal. Here, people ask me "If you don't have a car, how do you get around?" I tell them, walk, or bike, or bus, or train if I'm going further. The normalisation of car culture is the biggest shock for me.
 
hollydolly said:
I was born and raied in the city. At 19 I moved to a very rural sleepy backwater of a tonw.. hated it.. nothing to one main steet in the town centre.. everything closed at5pm no buses at weekends, no byuses after 6pm in the week... nothing to do for teenagers whatsoever, and pubs closed at 10pm and not open on Sundays.

I was so used to the exact opposite, where buses ran all night , we danced until 2am on weekends ..the hussle the bustle.. I hated the accent ... I loved the city...

I ws determined that I would save hard at the new job I got and go back... ..life took over, I met my future husband in that small town, he was the local butcher boy , he joined the Navy .. and we moved to a coastal Naval town, which was a little bigger ...stayed a year then moved again this time to a large Naval city... and over 5 years we moved 5 times wherever his posting took him..

.....and then finally we returned to that small country town to raise our child , back to where he was born and raised and to where his parents lived and where he went to school..... and I'm still here... and now as much as I'd love to retrun to the city after over 50 years away , the crime has got so out of control, I think it might be foolish...
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Your photos don't look like a country town to me. It looks like a very sophisticated area compared to country living in the USA.
 
Babs2u said:
Your photos don't look like a country town to me. It looks like a very sophisticated area compared to country living in the USA.
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yes the uk differs in many respects to the USA.. for example...In the uk the South is the most prosperous area whereas the North is more working class... compared to the opposite in the US...

The countryside in the Uk in all parts of the uk is more gentile and sophisticated , very much less crime.. and properties are more expensive... , compared to the much of the rest of the UK...
 
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Doste said:
The main difference I perceive having moved from London to a small town is that here, everybody drives. Not that they don't drive in London - but a lot of people don't. In the capital, going by bus or tube or train is normal. Here, people ask me "If you don't have a car, how do you get around?" I tell them, walk, or bike, or bus, or train if I'm going further. The normalisation of car culture is the biggest shock for me.
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I live in the rural shires very near London... every house has several cars... our buses don't run on Sundays, and during the week they're every hour but stop at 6pm... ..
 
Eupher said:
More often than not, I believe that big cities aren't much more than a bunch of little communities glued at the hips. That said, I'll take a much more rural setting, but not out in Timbuktu someplace. I do appreciate some local conveniences.
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Pretty true, I live in an area where every three blocks is a like different neighborhood in some parts. Different flavor and everything. Kinda weird.
 
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hollydolly said:
yes the uk differs in many respects to the USA.. for example...In the uk the South is the most prosperous area whereas the North is more working class... compared to the opposite in the US...

The countryside in the Uk in all pars of the uk is more gentile and sophisticated , very much less crime.. and properties are more expensive... , compared to the much of the rest of the UK...
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I grew up U.S. blue collar country. Dogs chasing chickens around the house. Gardens and farms everywhere, just one small grocery store and a dirty foundry for employment. Chasing the train and bar fights for fun. Yet we never locked doors and seen the stars at night. Real country. Good times.
 
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bobcat said:
Most of us have probably lived in both at one time or another, and noticed differences between the people who live in each, and most likely you have a preference. Part of my family lives in the country, and part lives in the city. Sometimes it hard to explain the differences when you encounter people, but there are most likely noticeable behaviors that we perceive: Their demeanor, values, friendliness, home designs and maintenance, their attire, pastimes and way of life, etc....
I also wonder if those moving from the city to the country want to bring their culture with them, or if they just want to live a different kind of life, and do those moving from the country to the city want to adopt the lifestyle there?
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Often it's not that deep. Sometimes people just have to move.
 

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