Urban vs. Rural

mstan

We've had the usual threads; cities are the best because the culchies smell or the country-side is better because all city folk do is shoot heroin rabble rabble...

But lets look at it a bit differently. Why do you actually think one is better than the other?

I'll start things off. In the country-side you can own a mansion for the same price as you'd pay for a small semi-detached in a rough neighbourhood in the city. But in the city you are within walking distance of most amenities.

Jaafa

Pepsi or coke?

scientific1982

Country life is better. Less noise, pollution and crime. More space, peace and relaxation. Its better for your health.

stovelid

Depends on where you grew up, I guess. I could never live in the countryside although I like visiting it. If I lived in the country, It would have to be on a town or large village if at all. That said, I don't like living in the city centre either - a few miles from the centre of a city is perfect for me.

WindSock

Jaafa wrote: »

Pepsi or coke?

Biscuit or cake?

Jaafa

WindSock wrote: »

Biscuit or cake?

Cake. Except if I'm playing xbox then biscuits.

sollar

There is alot to be said for not having to feel intimitaded/bothered by gangs of feral youths.

I wouldn't want to live in a big city but i wouldn't want to live in a small village either.

TanG411

''Bros before hoes, cept if the hoes have no clothes.''

Having country relatives, I've experienced both urban and rural living. Rural living is fine if you own a car, which my family or I don't, so I'll choose urban.

AnonymousPrime

In the country you don't have to queue.
In the city you don't have to wait.

stovelid

sollar wrote: »

There is alot to be said for not having to feel intimitaded/bothered by gangs of feral youths.

At least in the country, the banjo riff gives you advance warning so you can escape.

mikemac

Live rural, you must learn to drive or your quality of life is affected

No luas, trains, nitelinks, Bus Éireanns and you accept this.

There are hackneys and one bus a week for the pensioners as your local post office is shut down. And can be quite a wait to get one of the hackneys, you'll probably share it with others

And live rural and you'll get to know your postman. Probably give them a tip or chocolates at Christmas, that doesn't happen in urban areas

When the price of a litre of fuel hits €2+ living in the country and comuting will begin to become less common.

I know people spending €100 + on car fuel a week :eek:

How long is that sustainable?

phasers

mstan wrote: »

I'll start things off. In the country-side you can own a mansion for the same price as you'd pay for a small semi-detached in a rough neighbourhood in the city. But in the city you are within walking distance of most amenities.

The council give you a mansion down the country?

Common as...

If you're from the country chances are you get to experienece both urban and rural, going to college, work or whatever. But if you're from a town or city chances are you only experience urban (visiting you're family in the country does not count as rural living).Everyone I know including myself who has experienced both will say, rural is far far better.:D

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Actually we don't have many city v country threads we mostly have Dublin v Everyone Else threads. The Dubs who start these threads seem to believe everywhere outside Dublin contains no form of urban settlement and hasn't progressed since the famine, while people from anywhere else who starts them seem to believe Dublin is a run-down slum populated solely by criminals. Both are wrong and sensible people usually avoid these threads because they're a load of ****e.

Thankfully this thread seems a lot more sensible.

phasers

Common as... wrote: »

If you're from the country chances are you get to experienece both urban and rural, going to college, work or whatever. But if you're from a town or city chances are you only experience urban (visiting you're family in the country does not count as rural living).Everyone I know including myself who has experienced both will say, rural is far far better.:D

But that's because it's where you grew up.


Duh.

Dudess

Somewhere in between for me. Aspects of the countryside are unrivalled in my opinion - the peacefulness, the beauty of the scenery (although not all rural areas are scenic - e.g. parts of north county Cork), the walks in places with woodlands and lakes, etc, but a degree of hustle and bustle is nice too, and amenities being in close proximity. Plus, those merits of the countryside I mentioned are not so appealing during rainy, dark winter days.
Where I grew up (Inniscarra/Blarney area of Cork to be unspecific about it ) is all of the above - a bit too mad about the hurlin' for my liking, but otherwise, ideal. Plenty of amenities, plenty of housing developments, but fields and woodland too. And only about seven/eight miles from the centre of town; much closer again to larger suburbs like Ballincollig and Bishopstown.

Common as...

phasers wrote: »

But that's because it's where you grew up.


Duh.

City folk always ready to put you down.

Think of it like this, have you ever heard a recent lotto winner either from the town or country saying, "Oh im gonna splash out on a new house close to the city ". The First thing they do is nearly always get a house in the country.:P

phasers

Common as... wrote: »

City folk always ready to put you down.

Think of it like this, have you ever heard a recent lotto winner either from the town or country saying, "Oh im gonna splash out on a new house close to the city ". The First thing they do is nearly always get a house in the country.:P

I'm fairly sure that isn't true.

tbh if I won the lotto I'd emigrate and get an apartment in central London

alwaysadub

I live very rural now, but am from Dublin so have experience of both. I much prefere living in the country, it's quieter and cleaner and friendlier, except for times when i'm in the mood for something from the shop or have run out of something in the evening and have to make a 16mile round trip to the town cos the local shop(which is 2.5 miles from me) closes early.

PrincessLola

Common as... wrote: »

City folk always ready to put you down.

Think of it like this, have you ever heard a recent lotto winner either from the town or country saying, "Oh im gonna splash out on a new house close to the city ". The First thing they do is nearly always get a house in the country.:P

No. Personally I'd buy a big house in Dublin and another in London/New York. The country side needs cities for their shopping/work/university, cities don't need the country as much

Common as...

phasers wrote: »

tbh if I won the lotto I'd emigrate and get an apartment in central London

Best of luck I do hope you go :P

chucken1

mstan wrote: »

We've had the usual threads; cities are the best because the culchies smell or the country-side is better because all city folk do is shoot heroin rabble rabble...

But lets look at it a bit differently. Why do you actually think one is better than the other?

I'll start things off. In the country-side you can own a mansion for the same price as you'd pay for a small semi-detached in a rough neighbourhood in the city. But in the city you are within walking distance of most amenities.

Examples please?

pheasant tail

The country far better than any city or town,far more peace,a great community spirit and togetherness and far more option on sports!!

WindSock

Common as... wrote: »

If you're from the country chances are you get to experienece both urban and rural, going to college, work or whatever. But if you're from a town or city chances are you only experience urban (visiting you're family in the country does not count as rural living).Everyone I know including myself who has experienced both will say, rural is far far better.:D

There're lots of country folk living in Dub too though.

I like the anonymity a large city provides, don't like people knowing all of my business. Plus there is lots to do in the way of visit galleries and things, and amenities. I would hate to have to travel for hours to get to a hospital for example.
I would like to live rurally only if there is nice scenery and walks nearby, and historical places to visit. I wouldn't like to be surrounded by boring fields with cows and shit for miles.

I wouldn't mind living in the country for a small while though, same as the city. Couldn't hack either for too long.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I love both but not so fond of the "in-between", ie sh1tty towns. Now I'm from outside what can be considered a sh1tty town and always go back, heading back tonight in fact, because I have great friends there and always have a laugh.
I just dont think I'd like to live there

For me, I want to live right in the city centre or right out in the sticks where the house can't be seen from the road. So remote you could be walking around naked sand screaming all day and no one would notice. Preferably both, a house in the city and one in the sticks which I kind of have now which is pretty cool.

As someone said one of the best things about being form the country is you get to experience both because we all live in a city at some stage

limklad

WindSock wrote: »

Biscuit or cake?

I grew up in the country, Long distance to walk and cycle so I take both, thank you very much.

strokemyclover

I'm caught betwixt and between unfortunately.

On the one hand I am from the city but on the other I do much prefer Rural Freestylin' as opposed to it's Urban counterpart!

Oh the secret shame of it all

baker59

Alina Wonderful Manicurist wrote: »

I love both but not so fond of the "in-between", ie sh1tty towns.

+1

From country, living in city now. Right now I much prefer city but maybe in a few years, I'll probably prefer the country.

I grew up in the country side on a farm and lived in the country right up until the end of college thanks to driving once I turned 17. I'm living in the city at the moment and mostly its grand but I do look forward to getting home at the weekends and getting outside.

I would always intend to settle in a county side eventually, preferably where I grew up.

limklad

WindSock wrote: »

I would hate to have to travel for hours to get to a hospital for example.

Yea travelling to nearby hospitals is one thing, but looks like all of us Urban and rural will have to head to UK/Europe as our hospitals are sh*te. Recent Primetime reports showed that In some places Old age pensioners waiting 3 days to get into A&E and other within A&E cannot get a bed and one was sitting on a chair for two days waiting for a bed.

limklad

Griffin CoolS Playwright wrote: »

I grew up in the country side on a farm and lived in the country right up until the end of college thanks to driving once I turned 17. I'm living in the city at the moment and mostly its grand but I do look forward to getting home at the weekends and getting outside.

I would always intend to settle in a county side eventually, preferably where I grew up.

+1 it is far quiter in the country, no blasted house alarms!!!!!!!! Ambulance & Gardai Sirens going off and to breath clean unpolluted air is some thing I am looking forward to.

WindSock

Jaafa wrote: »

Cake. Except if I'm playing xbox then biscuits.

Daddy or chips?

phasers

Jaafa wrote: »

Cake. Except if I'm playing xbox then biscuits.

Are you a biscuit or a cake?

muffy

As someone who has grown up in a rural area of Dublin with little public transport options and all the trappings of village life in Ireland I have to say country living is ****e an I am thankful it only takes me 20 minutes by car to the city centre.

Dudess

Yeah, I wouldn't like to live in a city centre, but if I really HAD to choose between that and the middle of nowhere only, city centre ftw. Even Temple Bar would be preferable for me to the middle of nowhere. I'd hate Temple Bar, but I'd invest in a good set of earplugs.

kerryman12

Country boy through and through here, I would go back home in the morning if I could make it work, but alas that will be a while yet.

I live in a medium sized estated in a small village just about 10 minutes drive from the centre of cork, and even this I find claustrophobic.

scientific1982

PrincessLola wrote: »

No. Personally I'd buy a big house in Dublin and another in London/New York. The country side needs cities for their shopping/work/university, cities don't need the country as much

How about for your food. Jesus.

Korvanica

grew up in rural wexford, living in dublin now...Urban is much better...easier to get around, more people in close proximity (friends etc), always a session or house party on...

Also, in dublin I can choose one of many internet providers....

in the country im stuck with ****E eircom..

Dudess

kerryman12 wrote: »

I live in a medium sized estated in a small village just about 10 minutes drive from the centre of cork, and even this I find claustrophobic.

If it's Douglas I can understand you finding it claustrophobic - if there was a spare blade of grass going in Douglas, a developer would be sure to build an estate on it. Horrible concrete jungle of a place.

citizen_p

living in the country is very good!..if you have a car.

otherwise its boring, so its only advised for ages 17+

kerryman12

Dudess wrote: »

If it's Douglas I can understand you finding it claustrophobic - if there was a spare blade of grass going in Douglas, a developer would be sure to build an estate on it. Horrible concrete jungle of a place.

no much further out in a different direction.

Douglas is a place where the celtic tiger went mad all the same, barrys on a friday/saturday night would hold any amount of those affected with the contagen.

Schapiro

Grew up in the country, spent a lot of time in the city, now back in the country.

I love the city, for a visit or a few nights, but there's nothing like knowing I've a nice, quiet, peaceful home to go back to in the country. As already mentioned, low crime, quiet, tight-knit, everyone giving each other help when it's needed, fresh air, great trails and paths of hiking or cycling, few minutes walk from the shore, no light noise so it's good seeing stars at night. I'm not terribly far from the village/shops, so a bike ride or walk with the dog will do it and I don't end up spending too much on fuel that way (plus it's decent exercise). The bus comes through every morning and evening so if I really want to go to the city I just take the bus and come back in the evening.

The biggest downside is there aren't a whole lot of people out here my age to do things with! Love the community and all the people around, but it's mostly old folks or middle-aged with kids, or the cows.

Anyway I wouldn't trade it. Love having days and nights out in the city, but love coming home to the country. Tried city living and liked it for a while, but it's horses for courses.

Chuchoter

For me, frankly I'd rather die than live out the country, and I've lived in both. Its lonely, theres no buses, theres nowhere to go and all the people are the same.

Jaafa

WindSock wrote: »

Daddy or chips?

Chips.

CorkMan

I stayed out in the countryside before for a week. People saw low crime, but it feels unsafe IMO. A person could come to your place in the middle of the night and there are no nearby gardaí, no neighbours next door, out in the open. It's like you have a "come get me" target on the house.

In urban areas, you have next door neighbour (which can be good or bad), you can get around easily, but it is not as relaxing as the countryside. I would have to live out rural to find out which is better.

markesmith

CorkMan wrote: »

I stayed out in the countryside before for a week. People saw low crime, but it feels unsafe IMO. A person could come to your place in the middle of the night and there are no nearby gardaí, no neighbours next door, out in the open. It's like you have a "come get me" target on the house.

Bwahahahahaha. Typical urban paranoia.

Jonah42

My mate nearly got thrown out of Dublin for asking to get his picture taking with the Luas.

He's been hunting Dubs in the Donegal wilderness ever since.

I've done both. Was born in Dublin and lived there until I was 12. My family then moved to Kerry and I stayed there until I was 22, my parents are still there though. I'm now back in Dublin again.

Life certainly doesn't feel so fast paced but there's a lot I didn't like about living in Kerry. I don't drive and was 8 km away from any amenities. The road isn't even on Google Street View as it's so far out. A local hackney service charge €10 each way to get to and from Listowel town. Simply put, without a car you're screwed. I also didn't like that many in the area wanted to know your business and rumours spread like wildfire.

Life in Dublin can feel stressful at times though, I hate being on crowded streets or buses, but that's to be expected when in a city I suppose. Not sure I'd ever live in the country again but it's still nice to visit there every so often.

maxxie

Small town girls - not many of them, majority may be rotters, percentage may have gunner eye syndrome, all related ..

City girls - lots of them, better looking, more fashionable, mostly unrelated

Dudess

Yep, "may".

Karsini, Dublin to Listowel? Ouch!

(I know Listowel, have relatives there, plus some friends from there).