What's your living preference - Urban, Suburban or Rural?

[Foggydog]

I would really like to live somewhat rural, but still close to Las Vegas. I am a big city kind of guy, and having grown up in Vegas, it's in my bones. I'm currently displaced in Blackfoot, Idaho, and the only claim to fame is it's the potatoe capital of the US.
Regarding Vegas, I love everything about it and everything it stands for. Exceedingly modern, clean, every convenience including some if the very best big name shows in the world. Not to terrible of a drive to Zion national park, or Bryce Canyon if I so choose or even Sedona, AZ.
Sometimes I tell someone how much I love Vegas and I hear all the reasons that's it's an awful place, prostitution, gambling, 24 hour booze. In other words all the sins the Bible says to avoid. But let's be honest here, everything I listed is also in every big city of the world.
By the way, have I said how much I LOVE VEGAS

 

[eyoungren]

I would really like to live somewhat rural, but still close to Las Vegas. I am a big city kind of guy, and having grown up in Vegas, it's in my bones. I'm currently displaced in Blackfoot, Idaho, and the only claim to fame is it's the potatoe capital of the US.
Regarding Vegas, I love everything about it and everything it stands for. Exceedingly modern, clean, every convenience including some if the very best big name shows in the world. Not to terrible of a drive to Zion national park, or Bryce Canyon if I so choose or even Sedona, AZ.
Sometimes I tell someone how much I love Vegas and I hear all the reasons that's it's an awful place, prostitution, gambling, 24 hour booze. In other words all the sins the Bible says to avoid. But let's be honest here, everything I listed is also in every big city of the world.
By the way, have I said how much I LOVE VEGAS

I get that.

Where I grew up they rolled the sidewalks up at 5pm. Oh. Wait…there were no sidewalks and the roads were all dirt. Never mind!

 

[skinsone]

LOL ... fond memories of dirt roads. Where I grew up in the 50s no one owned a car. You either drove a pickup truck or tractor everywhere. I knew how to drive a stick shift before my 10th birthday. Pumped well water for our kitchen sink in our summer home and when I got punished I had the "clean the outhouse" duty.

Kids now a days have no clue what real work is. I hated it then but respect the work ethics instilled in me from doing it.

 

[eyoungren]

LOL ... fond memories of dirt roads. Where I grew up in the 50s no one owned a car. You either drove a pickup truck or tractor everywhere. I knew how to drive a stick shift before my 10th birthday. Pumped well water for our kitchen sink in our summer home and when I got punished I had the "clean the outhouse" duty.

Kids now a days have no clue what real work is. I hated it then but respect the work ethics instilled in me from doing it.

From 1981 to the summer of 1984 my parents chose to live in a house that was located in the hills below a mountain. All the roads in that area were dirt and our street was a high grade climb with our house at the end.

School was down the hill, over and down one very, very long road, over again and down. Took about ten minutes to get there by bike. Fortunately at some point the last parts were ashphalt.

Getting home was the tough part. It was my personal mission to beat that dirt street on my bike every time I came home. No walking the bike up it for me.

After rains it was always harder because you'd get deep gaps that opened up in the street that you had to avoid on the bike (and with a car).

In late1985 to mid 1986 my mom taught me stick. We had a 1980 Datsun 210 and that is the car I learned to drive on. LOTS of hills where I lived so I learned to balance on the clutch. The main street I practiced on is ENTIRELY different now. When I learned to drive it was a street to nowhere starting over a railroad track. Since the early 90s though the street goes under the tracks and leads to a retirement community and lots and lots of shops and stores.

I taught my wife to drive stick. That Datsun I mentioned is in my garage.

In about a year and a half I will have to find a manual for my son to learn on. Neither of my children will leave my house without knowing how to drive stick - despite all of our current cars being automatics. They will also know how to change a tire.

Certain things my kids may not like, but I would be remiss in my duty as a parent not to teach them.

 

[D.T.]

I like urban but don't have to be the exact center of big cities, and definitely with close access to the ocean. That's where I can breath. ☺️

Yeah, I have an affinity with the ocean, mostly lived close by, it's just two blocks to my east Most days we can walk 5 minutes over to this:

No civilization for as far as you can see

 

[Apple fanboy]

I live in a town. Suburbia.

If I could live anywhere it would be in the countryside. In the middle of a nice Forrest somewhere. No people (well apart from Mrs AFB).
Or by the ocean. I grew up 30 minutes from the sea. Now it's closer to two hours.
As long as I have access to a car and fast internet speed I'd be happy.

 

[heehee]

I prefer a mixed between suburban and rural. I live in the suburbs right now but it's pretty much like urban. The town is so big it's almost like a city, traffic, not too much land and too populated. Eventually I want to sell the house and move to a smaller town and build my dream home.

 

[Tomorrow]

Exurban. My commute to work is a 21-ish mile drive to the suburbs. There are a handful of businesses close to us - grocery stores, gas stations, etc. - but all the real business takes place in the city or suburbs.

 

[Lioness~]

Yeah, I have an affinity with the ocean, mostly lived close by, it's just two blocks to my east Most days we can walk 5 minutes over to this:

Very nice, I live too central to have that close. Good beaches an hour outside town.
But when I want a big dose of the ocean I take the archipelago-boats out. They are 10 mins away

 

[D.T.]

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Very nice, I live too central to have that close. Good beaches an hour outside town.
But when I want a big dose of the ocean I take the archipelago-boats out. They are 10 mins away

Beautiful!

 

[0388631]

Yeah, I have an affinity with the ocean, mostly lived close by, it's just two blocks to my east Most days we can walk 5 minutes over to this:

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No civilization for as far as you can see

What's the local law on surf fishing?

 

[SoggyCheese]

I just like to live on the coast. Whether that's in the middle of Barcelona or a cottage in Devon overlooking the Bristol Channel I don't really care.

 

[D.T.]

What's the local law on surf fishing?

Residents don't even need a license for shoreline fishing, i.e., land or structures, accessible without need for a boat. A year otherwise is only like $17 for residents, and for our lobstering down in the keys, $5 additional/year. For non-residents it's still only like $47 for a year.

Specific limits and whatnot are very breed specific, pretty much all you can probably eat A friend and neighbor has a commercial license but for pretty much private consumption! He keeps us stocked up on flounder, grouper, red, all so good, some of the best fish in the world.

 

[0388631]

Residents don't even need a license for shoreline fishing, i.e., land or structures, accessible without need for a boat. A year otherwise is only like $17 for residents, and for our lobstering down in the keys, $5 additional/year. For non-residents it's still only like $47 for a year.

Specific limits and whatnot are very breed specific, pretty much all you can probably eat A friend and neighbor has a commercial license but for pretty much private consumption! He keeps us stocked up on flounder, grouper, red, all so good, some of the best fish in the world.

That is an amazing price. Licensing is state round and you pay up the nose if you don't go often. If you do, then it evens itself out. Though when I say up the nose it's akin to burning up a $50 bill. What kind of fish can you grab from the shoreline, standing on the beach? Do you go yourself living so close to the coast?

I take it there's some nice trinkets to find after a very good storm, too?

 

[Fthree]

I live slightly rural with a short access to the city. Absolutely love that i can get an amazing house with more land at almost HALF the price of the same house about 10 miles north of me.

 

[eyoungren]

Sorry guys! I can appreciate the landscape and I understand all the thoughts about rural/suburb living.

But this is for me. Less than five minutes to anything!

 

[D.T.]

What kind of fish can you grab from the shoreline, standing on the beach? Do you go yourself living so close to the coast?

I take it there's some nice trinkets to find after a very good storm, too?

From the shore and around into the intracoastal: pompano, redfish, sea trout, drum, flounder, sheepshead, just some fantastic fish. I occasionally will toss a line out, jig around if we're on a boat, but mostly I just eat it

We get a pretty consistent flow of ocean gifts. Shells, seaglass, lots of shark teeth in this area, driftwood, depending on the storm, coconuts, boat wreckage, the occasional turtle or whale carcass, it's magical

 

[Fthree]

Sorry guys! I can appreciate the landscape and I understand all the thoughts about rural/suburb living.

But this is for me. Less than five minutes to anything!

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nothing wrong with that! Everyone has a preference and nobody is wrong in managing what they want.

 

[0388631]

From the shore and around into the intracoastal: pompano, redfish, sea trout, drum, flounder, sheepshead, just some fantastic fish. I occasionally will toss a line out, jig around if we're on a boat, but mostly I just eat it

We get a pretty consistent flow of ocean gifts. Shells, seaglass, lots of shark teeth in this area, driftwood, depending on the storm, coconuts, boat wreckage, the occasional turtle or whale carcass, it's magical

Sounds amazing. I didn't think people ate drum. Redfish isn't something I'm very familiar with and I've never seen it whilst fishing in the gulf either. You mentioned red earlier, the other day, and I figured you were talking about snapper. Unless you were. The craziest I've caught on shore, albeit wading through shallows to get to a rocky formation, was a medium sized tuna. Maybe about 20-22 lb. tuna down state. They're bigger and tastier in the warm Mexican waters, though. You could take a dive in those days and come up with various edible sea life. I'm not sure what the state is now due to commercial fishing, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's relatively the same. Since the warm water seems to encourage breeding.

This was also around the time sushi became an "in" thing in the US. From happy tuna to sashimi on a boat in a few minutes after landing it and knocking it out for good. The tuna then ranged anywhere from 40-180 lb. We wasted very little. The fresh skin and the blood line on a hook is fantastic bait for other large fish or small creatures in cage boxes.

 

[maflynn]

What do you prefer?

What I prefer and I have are two different things.

I prefer a rural location, specifically on a mountain, but for a variety of reasons I'm in an urban setting. There are positive and negatives to both, and I'm not upset. In fact at this point in my life its better to be leaving in Boston then away from it, but I still yearn for the mountains in a cabin

 

[eyoungren]

What I prefer and I have are two different things.

I prefer a rural location, specifically on a mountain, but for a variety of reasons I'm in an urban setting. There are positive and negatives to both, and I'm not upset. In fact at this point in my life its better to be leaving in Boston then away from it, but I still yearn for the mountains in a cabin

I'm starting toget the idea that there are more people that are rural/land associated than there are people of my inclination.

Makes sense as I've always been the odd person out. Morning for example. I am NOT a morning person. I am a night person and if I could ever make it so my job was 8pm to 5am and the world operated on an evening schedule I would.

Alas, I don't get to make those rules.

 

[Huntn]

What I want is basically impossible, rural, with easy access to metropolitan areas. I want the wilds with a Home Depot nearby. I'm hoping to see teleportation technology for the next life.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I'm starting toget the idea that there are more people that are rural/land associated than there are people of my inclination.

Makes sense as I've always been the odd person out. Morning for example. I am NOT a morning person. I am a night person and if I could ever make it so my job was 8pm to 5am and the world operated on an evening schedule I would.

Alas, I don't get to make those rules.

Well, I'm nocturnal, too, (and I love cities, as I remarked in earlier posts), but, alas, much of the work world seems to favour early starts and the abomination of "the working breakfast".

However, when I am at home, my mother's house is close to the ocean, and - bizarrely - I have an ocean view from my room just now.

 

[eyoungren]

Well, I'm nocturnal, too, (and I love cities, as I remarked in earlier posts), but, alas, much of the work world seems to favour early starts and the abomination of "the working breakfast".

However, when I am at home, my mother's house is close to the ocean, and - bizarrely - I have an ocean view from my room just now.

My wife and I had perfect jobs before I got my first employment in my field.

Working 9pm to 1am at UPS. Go to bed at 6-7 in the morning, sleep to 1pm. Doing what I do now that schedule is impossible.

I was able at one point to get on a shift that was 12 noon to 8pm though so that was better for me back then.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

My wife and I had perfect jobs before I got my first employment in my field.

Working 9pm to 1am at UPS. Go to bed at 6-7 in the morning, sleep to 1pm. Doing what I do now that schedule is impossible.

I was able at one point to get on a shift that was 12 noon to 8pm though so that was better for me back then.

I used to be an academic; paradoxically, on matters such as that, the best employer I ever had was one of those venerable ancient universities which was already well weathered by the time the Pilgrim Fathers set sail. Anyway, they used to ask me each year what hours - as in what time of the day - I wished to teach.

My reply of "nothing before 11" didn't bother them in the slightest and they facilitated my request without a murmur for all the years I taught there.

The corollary of that is that I never had any problems (unlike most people) of teaching evening students (often "Second Chance" or "mature" students, people attending university after a day's work) - and often volunteered to do so - as I was alert and eager and interested and had no trouble keeping a class alive and interested & engaged at 10.00 p.m at night.

And likewise, when I was writing a history book, most of the 'good' writing was done between the hours of 8.p.m. (20.00) and 2.00 a.m. (2.00); morning was for culling, correcting, checking facts, grammar, syntax, spelling, trimming flights of fancy and checking & confirming sources. The afternoons I usually took off, and went for a long walk.