City Girl or Country Mouse.

Greyduster I don't like driving out of Sheffield anymore ?. They let you in but make it hard to get out (easier with sat nav I know) . I usually drive to Meadowhall or Halfway and get on the tram.
In answer to OPs question, I suppose I'm neither a city girl or a country girl, somewhere in between.

Village for me! Lovely country walks and lots of community activities for anyone who wants them. We are lucky to have a post office/shop a church and a pub within walking distance. We are down a bumpy lane on the edge of the village but will soon be looking for a nice easy bungalow, but in the same village.

Definitely a city girl. I live in York, and I can well understand why you choose to do your 'serious shopping' here Kupari. Spent 8 long, long years in a tiny village in mid-Wales. Hated it. In fact, it broke up my marriage (he's still there - he loved it!!).

I grew up in a smallish town in the central belt of Scotland, moved to Glasgow where I stayed for about 6-7 years and did enjoy at the time. Loved the east access to the city centre and the shopping!!!
Since then I've lived in a medium sized town on the commuter belt, a new town where pedestrians seldom met road traffic, so great for kids safely.
Now we live on the west coast in the smallest town yet and love it. We still have easy access to the city, and Loch Lomond is only a short drive away.
I guess I'm a town mouse as I wouldn't want to be living deep in country with everything miles away, but definitely wouldn't like to be living in a city either.

I love where we live. Born and bred in London, a street urchin in a small detached cottage. Moved to a new town which out-grew us, and now on the coast with the downs at our back and the sea to visit. Suits me, but not sure what it makes me.

I grew up in the Welsh valleys. Grey and grimey in the village, but wonderful up the mountain. Absolutely loved it. After 60 years we are moving back. I know it won't be the same but we will be away from the constant traffic around here.

I grew up in London but love the countryside HOWEVER we retired to the Yorkshire Dales and it was a step too far for me even though it is beautiful but I was cold and lonely so we came back down to the East Midlands to a small market town set in countryside which suits me much better. I like to be in reach of a major city for theatres, ,shops etc etc. I think if I won the lottery I would buy something in Central London though.

I was brought up in the slums of the potteries-yuk!
I now love suburbia as jane ainsworth said-everything easily to hand but beautifully peaceful too.
Wouldn't like to be in the sticks with no regular bus service or shops/docs/library to hand.
It would be awful if we were all the same wouldn't it?
I accompanied DGD and Mum, our DD, when choosing Unis. She quite liked the bustle of Manc and tried Brum too but felt intimidated with the vast number of immigrants/foreigners whatever you want to call them-it just didn't feel like England-her view I said nowt!
So she's settled on Keele, lovely place met loads of 'internationals' Canada etc not intimidated by anyone. Funny old world these days isn't it?

Definitely a country mouse, used to work in a large town but since I have retired I definitely do not miss the hustle and bustle.

I'm a country girl - not a mouse

I enjoy living in a leafy suburb with some local shops and restaurants. Only 7 miles into the city for shops and theatres and 14 miles to Loch Lomond. The best of both worlds.

City girl at heart . I was born and brought up in inner city Manchester a short walk from The Town centre . In the mid sixties our area was demolished , whole communities split up and relocated all over the place . We moved to Macclesfield in Cheshire and I remember thinking I had landed in an alternative reality , it was like going back in time (not in a good way). I would describe it as rural but basically it was a small town , us `overspill` as we were called were viewed with suspicion and there were rumours that we had never seen baths and were using them to keep coal in When I go to Manchester to shop in the big shops I feel as if I am home . I love the bustle and busyness , if my children hadn`t settled here I would move back .

I'm both. The countryside has been lovely this weekend. Next weekend will be in London and loving it. Love European cities too.

Countryside every time, I live in a small country town but even that is too noisy for my liking. Traffic and people around at all hours. I would love to be in a place further into the country, preferably nobody else too close by and no light pollution.
My worst nightmare would be somewhere like Leeds/Manchester/London etc.

No wonder it was a nightmare today, the 'some sporting event' you mention was a world triathlon event. Not a good day to try out city driving for anyone mouse or not!

I love Leeds. It's a fantastic city, with loads of beautiful buildings, great shopping, stylish and friendly people, and so many interesting independent places to eat and drink. Nothing much wrong with Kirkstall either - it's just a city suburb. It may not be the wealthiest of places, but it has a great community spirit, plenty going on and of course, the beautiful abbey and grounds. It probably did look depressing in the rain - so do Thirsk and Northallerton. I was brought up in the country fairly near there but could never live out in the sticks now. The only thing I miss about it was that we were very near the sea. We live in a small town within easy reach of both city and countryside, which suits me just fine.

I'm greedy I like a bit of both but I guess country mouse if I had to choose, as long as the nearest shops are within 10 minutes .

That's why I love where I live now I can satisfy my greed.

We are now living in a very rural part of France. The life is very like UK 50 years ago. We love it, have animals to care for and good friends and neighbours. It's not for everyone though and most of the young people have left for town or city life. We do miss the coast and walking by the sea but as with everything we have to compromise. Don't think we would ever go back to city living now.

I am a country mouse to the nth degree! We are just about to move from our middle-of-nowhere cottage to somewhere a bit more sensible - a bungalow in a neighbouring village which feels quite urban to us as it has an hourly bus service! But we will still be about 5 miles from the nearest shop! I could no more live in a city than fly! - or even, to be honest, a town. I only really feel alive with big skies and lots of green around me. Funny isn't it how different we all are?

I'm both. I adore the country of all types, the peace and tranquility, but I also love city life and it's vibrancy, bustle and cultural life.

City girl as I've lived in London all my life, I love the peace of the countryside in small doses but love the convenience of being able to take the tube/bus or drive to everything I need within a short distance. We learn the times of day to do things, like taking tube/bus if I need to be somewhere at rush hour time or drive wherever if we can please ourselves re times. I hate driving in the rush hour but only because of the time it wastes I've driven in London professionally so it doesn't bother me otherwise.
My elder sister lives in Wales with very difficult transport links and only one nearby small Co-Op for groceries if and when she can't drive she will be really a bit stuck.

Or even a tragic traffic problem

Oh, Kirkstall... always used to be a poor area, with lots of terraced houses [Alan Bennett grew up there]I used to go there a lot as there was a good roller skating arena, and we would take a picnic into the Abbey grounds.I expect it's all high rises now though?
I am a country person [hesitate to say girl] who likes the odd jaunt to a city but is happy to be home again.

I love the city..........for a day. Theatres, museums etc.
I still live in the small seaside town I was born in. There's lots I love about it but for anything other than a supermarket it's a 20-30 min drive to the shops.
There is also a large commuter population and due to only one route in and out of town in rush hour it will take double the time to get into town or to get out in the morning. So it's not just large towns and cities that have a tragic problem.
Overall I'm country mouse.

I was born about a 5 minute walk from Birmingham City centre and lived a pretty feral street urchin kind of life until I was 9.
We then moved to darkest Worcestershire and much as I love visiting the city, I certainly wouldn't want to live there now.
So, I'm well and truly a country mouse.