City Girl or Country Mouse.

Hello kupari
I'm a suburbanite
I love being near to local shops, tennis club, leisure centre and being able to get the bus into town, having nice neighbours and knowing lots of people round here.
I like visiting cities and walking and cycling in the country, but suburbia suits me fine as somewhere to live.

City Girl. Drives me nuts, but I don't think I could live in the sticks.

I was brought up in the middle of nowhere on the east coast of Scotland, 3- 4 buses a day then. I liked it as a child because of the freedom we had but I have lived in cities since I qualified and started working. I have been in London since 1968 and I am used to the traffic here- and 60 miles an hour would probably freak me out as I am so used to stop/start traffic.

I love the theatres and shops and I have several supermarkets within 3 miles. I do not think that I could move to a small village. Each to his own.

Country mouse, very antisocial !!!!!!

Driving in and around Leeds is not to be recommended unless you are completely insane! My DH has driven all over Europe and this country, and the only time I saw him practically go to pieces was trying to get out of Leeds and back to Sheffield. The traffic system they were working to "fine tune" was a complete nightmare and we got hopelessly lost. It was rush hour and I thought at one point he was going to burst into tears - it was scary. We have never been back again. I don't think I could live deep in the country, but we live in the suburbs here and it feels very rural, while providing all the amenities and transport you need. DS had a house in Bedale and we were thinking of buying it at one time when he had it on the market, but I'm very glad we didn't now, although we did like the area very much. I think I might have felt a bit cut off.

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.

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.

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.

Or even a tragic traffic problem

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.

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.

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?

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'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.

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.

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!

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.

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

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 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.

I'm a country girl - not a mouse

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 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?

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.