Countryside Life VS City Life

Notavirus.exe · 29-09-2015 10:25PM #1

I live in rural Ireland and I love the total peace and quiet, I love going for walks on the lovely country roads, I love the 100% clean air and the feeling of freedom. I also love having a big garden with lovely plants and trees around, not to mention the lovely sound of birds singing.

Life in Dublin = Buildings EVERYWHERE you look, cars constantly going past, people on the street (also making noise), polluted air and tiny apartments (along with noisy neighbours). No peace and quiet at all. How do you survive?

5starpool · 29-09-2015 10:25PM

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

I live in rural Ireland and I love the total peace and quiet, I love going for walks on the lovely country roads, I love the 100% clean air and the feeling of freedom. I also love having a big garden with lovely plants and trees around, not to mention the lovely sound of birds singing.

Life in Dublin = Buildings EVERYWHERE you look, cars constantly going past, people on the street (also making noise), polluted air and tiny apartments (along with noisy neighbours). No peace and quiet at all. How do you survive?

With much better broadband.

suicide_circus · 29-09-2015 10:27PM

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cantdecide · 29-09-2015 10:32PM

City Life

Countryside living within 15 minutes of a major town or city with an airport- best of all worlds.

Gongoozler · 29-09-2015 10:34PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

I live 5 minutes from Henry St and I get peace and quiet every evening. I started using ear plugs because of my loud housemate and the gulls breeding season, neither of which are down to city living.

I absolutely need peace and quiet, as an extrovert, but really the inconvenience of having to plan to go anywhere or do anything outside of the city is very off-putting.

I grew up in the countryside and I know what silence is like. Honestly you get used to the normal city sounds.

kneemos · 29-09-2015 10:38PM

The peace a quiet is unsettling when you're used to town or city.

katydid · 29-09-2015 10:42PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

Notavirus.exe wrote: »

I live in rural Ireland and I love the total peace and quiet, I love going for walks on the lovely country roads, I love the 100% clean air and the feeling of freedom. I also love having a big garden with lovely plants and trees around, not to mention the lovely sound of birds singing.

Life in Dublin = Buildings EVERYWHERE you look, cars constantly going past, people on the street (also making noise), polluted air and tiny apartments (along with noisy neighbours). No peace and quiet at all. How do you survive?

I don't live in Dublin, but I live in an urban environment - in Waterford city. I love the suburbs. Within ten minutes walk of me are four supermarkets, a post office, a library, three pubs, three restaurants and a couple of fast food places. Oh, and a hospital. And I can walk there safely along well lit footpaths.

And while my garden might be small, I can drive ten minutes to my allotment.

I have the best of both worlds.

Dubwat · 29-09-2015 10:43PM

Country Living:
- Running out of milk or bread and having to drive 5 miles to buy them, assuming the shop is open.
- Emergencies: how does the ambulance find you? Esp. considering they're probably not local & coming from the nearest town/city.

City Living:
- Chances are there's a Spar-type shop within 2mins of you.
- Emergencies: #24 Main St is easy to find...

City living: Better broadband and you get used to the noise.

29-09-2015 10:45PM

Coming from inner city London and the 24 hour noise to the bottom of a mountain in Leitrim was some culture shock. The lack of noise was deafening and took me a long time to adjust.

Now, I can't stand street noise at all.

katydid · 29-09-2015 10:45PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

kneemos wrote: »

The peace a quiet is unsettling when you're used to town or city.

So is the darkness. I hate the total darkness you get in the country. Freaks me out.

wakka12 · 29-09-2015 10:45PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

I think living in a small town in the countryside thats a reasonable distance from a city (30 mins or under by car/bus/train) is the perfect life

eeguy · 29-09-2015 10:47PM

City: Walk across the road to a 24hr petrol station to buy a Mars bar at 2am.

Country: Can't sleep due to chocolate cravings...

katydid · 29-09-2015 10:50PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

eeguy wrote: »

City: Walk across the road to a 24hr petrol station to buy a Mars bar at 2am.

Country: Can't sleep due to chocolate cravings...

Or have a press full of Mars bars.

Dirty Dingus McGee · 29-09-2015 10:52PM

Dubwat wrote: »

Country Living:
- Running out of milk or bread and having to drive 5 miles to buy them, assuming the shop is open.
- Emergencies: how does the ambulance find you? Esp. considering they're probably not local & coming from the nearest town/city.

City Living:
- Chances are there's a Spar-type shop within 2mins of you.
- Emergencies: #24 Main St is easy to find...

City living: Better broadband and you get used to the noise.

Quite easily since they brought in Eircode.

29-09-2015 10:52PM

Live in South Kerry, wouldn't live anywhere else, but did enjoy my few years in Cork and a year in Harold's Cross.

NachoBusiness · 29-09-2015 10:54PM

Ideally I would like to live in rural setting, where nobody would ever hear you having rough sex, ten minute drive from an airport, a beach and a city and there are undoubtedly parts of Dublin that would give you that.

Helipad would be a Brucie Bonus.

Pink Lemons · 29-09-2015 10:58PM

To be fair there's tons of places in Dublin that don't feel like Dublin at all, not that far from the city either so you get the best of everything!

RobertKK · 29-09-2015 11:01PM

City Life

I live in rural Ireland my broadband is 20mb/s since 4G came on stream.
I live alone but I love the peace and quiet of the countryside, I have very good neighbours.
The countryside is great for astronomy.
Beautiful scenery.
Can get groceries delivered to your door in the countryside. Online shopping is making city shopping redundant. A good shop should have an online shop.
Closer to nature in the countryside, people in cities are more removed from nature.
We can produce food in the countryside, I never buy milk, I have my own cows, a freezer is good to have for packing with food, fruit and veg seems to survive well in the fridge for 2 to 3 weeks depending on the freshness when bought, so no need to be popping to the shops all the time, a person in the countryside plans these things, especially in winter where one could get snowed in like in December 2010.
We pay for our own water , well most of us in the countryside have our own supply of water.
I live on the hills north east Kilkenny, less than 15 minutes fro the city, beautiful scenery.

I don't mind cities, but living in the countryside is good.

Samsgirl · 29-09-2015 11:06PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

katydid wrote: »

I don't live in Dublin, but I live in an urban environment - in Waterford city. I love the suburbs. Within ten minutes walk of me are four supermarkets, a post office, a library, three pubs, three restaurants and a couple of fast food places. Oh, and a hospital. And I can walk there safely along well lit footpaths.

And while my garden might be small, I can drive ten minutes to my allotment.

I have the best of both worlds.

Up until three weeks ago I lived exactly where you do. Worked in said library!!!

I have relocated to deepest darkest rural Tipperary. Nearest shop is 10miles away.

Time will tell a lot. I love the convenience of having all those amenities close by. But I also love the space we have in the countryside.

Big downside is the crap broadband situation.

Also I have to keep cleaning cow ****e off my car.

eeguy · 29-09-2015 11:06PM

City: Drunk walking back to your house
Country: Drunk driving back to your house.

Also I have to keep cleaning cow ****e off my car.

If cows are sh*tting on your car then I think you have bigger problems than the cleaning.

Gwynplaine · 29-09-2015 11:08PM

City Life

Dubwat wrote: »

Country Living:
- Running out of milk or bread and having to drive 5 miles to buy them, assuming the shop is open.
- Emergencies: how does the ambulance find you? Esp. considering they're probably not local & coming from the nearest town/city.

City Living:
- Chances are there's a Spar-type shop within 2mins of you.
- Emergencies: #24 Main St is easy to find...

City living: Better broadband and you get used to the noise.

That's very black and white. I live in quiet country area that is very easy to find, and shop is 2 minute walk away, oh and great broadband too.
Personally, I wouldn't live in a city. No thanks.

katydid · 29-09-2015 11:16PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

Gwynplaine wrote: »

That's very black and white. I live in quiet country area that is very easy to find, and shop is 2 minute walk away, oh and great broadband too.
Personally, I wouldn't live in a city. No thanks.

Most people who live in the country don't live two minutes from a shop.

And it's dark and dangerous walking on the roads.

katydid · 29-09-2015 11:17PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

Samsgirl wrote: »

Up until three weeks ago I lived exactly where you do. Worked in said library!!!

I have relocated to deepest darkest rural Tipperary. Nearest shop is 10miles away.

Time will tell a lot. I love the convenience of having all those amenities close by. But I also love the space we have in the countryside.

Big downside is the crap broadband situation.

Also I have to keep cleaning cow ****e off my car.

Good luck with that. Better you than me!

the evasion_kid · 29-09-2015 11:19PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

City living,country life is boring

wakka12 · 29-09-2015 11:21PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

the evasion_kid wrote: »

City living,country life is boring

For boring people

the evasion_kid · 29-09-2015 11:25PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

wakka12 wrote: »

For boring people

Let's be honest why do you think theres so many bars in small Irish towns....

meeeeh · 29-09-2015 11:44PM

katydid wrote: »

Most people who live in the country don't live two minutes from a shop.

And it's dark and dangerous walking on the roads.

Why would you walk? Everyone can drive nowadays.

I don't get that thing about walking to the shops, it takes too long and you have to carry heavy bags. The convenience of city living is when you can get plastered and don't need to wait for a cab.

Anyway I don't have a special preference except it has to be a decent detached house that has enough land around you can go for months without talking to neighbours. Since we are not millionaires the country it is.

The Backwards Man · 29-09-2015 11:48PM

City Life

Hmmm, not sure I know the answer to this one. I'll come back to it in the morning.

donegaLroad · 29-09-2015 11:48PM

Im in the country, I am 2 miles from the nearest town which has a population of approx 5,000. I am also 15 miles from a town of 20,000, and 35 miles from Derry which has a population of 90,000. There is always plenty going on, in fact I get out a lot more here to gigs & theatre etc, than when I lived in Dublin.

I can get 4G which will give me 15Mb in my area. I can also see the Milky Way clearly with the naked eye from just outside my front door.

There is great peace and quiet where I live. I can burn solid fuel in my fireplace and in the stove. The cost of living is low here.

We also have the best beaches and some of the best scenery in the country.

I have previously lived in Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Derry and Toronto.. so I am well accustomed to city living.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 29-09-2015 11:54PM

meeeeh wrote: »

Why would you walk? Everyone can drive nowadays. I don't get that thing about walking to the shops, it takes too long and you have to carry heavy bags. The convenience of city living is when you can get plastered and don't need to wait for a cab.

Anyway I don't have a special preference except it has to be a decent detached house that has enough land around you can go for months without talking to neighbours. Since we are not millionaires the country it is.

Awwww meeeeh don't be so antisocial, it's that kind of attitude that ruins the spirit of a small rural community. You need to invite them into your home on a regular basis and give them tea and scones ok.

katydid · 29-09-2015 11:58PM

Neither, I'm going to Mars

meeeeh wrote: »

Why would you walk? Everyone can drive nowadays. I don't get that thing about walking to the shops, it takes too long and you have to carry heavy bags. The convenience of city living is when you can get plastered and don't need to wait for a cab.

Anyway I don't have a special preference except it has to be a decent detached house that has enough land around you can go for months without talking to neighbours. Since we are not millionaires the country it is.

Walking is good for you. Unless I'm doing a big shop, or it's raining, I walk to shop or the library or the post office. And definitely to the pub or restaurant.

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