Life in the City or Village? Which is more preferable? Why?

I live in a city right now, and I enjoy it, but there are definitely some major downsides, such as crime, pollution, over-industrialization, etc. I've never lived in a "village" (we generally don't have "villages" where I live anyway - we mainly have rural, urban, and suburban areas - rural meaning out in the country/farmland). If living in a village means being far from technology, I guess I would rather not live there. I love technology, and while sometimes I wish life were more simple..well, this is the 21st century we're talkin' about! lol.

Dear Phillip,

I am not get used to stay in a village. I was grown up in a metropilitan city and has get used with the lifestyle.

My grandparents is staying in a small village at my town. I used to pay them a visit when they are stil alive. But I seldom overnight that their house as I am not get used to the village lifestyle.

I prefer to stay in high space city with new technologies. Although it may sound stressful, at least time will past faster.

Once a while, I don't mind to visit a village for some fresh air,but to stay in a vilalge for long term, I am not able to make it.

I live in a village in the countryside, and I like living here. My husband and I moved here about a year ago, and it took me a while to get used to living in the countryside, because I grew up in a city with lots of shops, restaurants, pubs, cinemas, schools, libraries etc. In our village there is a supermarked, but we need to drive to the nearest town if we want to buy clothes, eat at a restuarant or use the library, but it is not a big problem as long as we have a car. Our village is very peaceful compared to the city, there is less pollution, and we live close to the sea. I enjoy living here and I don't miss my life in the city.

I like both City life and village life. The one reason for city life is that i can make career . I live in Bangalore, India where this city has improved in infrastructure, more and more IT companies coming . Village life i would prefer only on vacations to relax. Village nature is beautiful. That's the reason i like village life.

I like the idea of both a lot. I've never lived in a big city or a village. I like the idea of living in a big city. I visited one once. There are a lot of things to do. But on the down side they have a lot of violence and crime.

I like the idea of living in a village. Like you, I like nature too. It's very beautiful in these places. There's probably little to no crime. And I don't care much for technoloogy, except for internet access, but I could learn to live without it. But the downside is that there's nothing to do or places to go.

I currently live in a small city. There's nothing to do here and there's a lot of violence and crime. It's like the worst of both worlds. I used to live in a small town. In my country that's the closest you could come to a village. It was the same as where I currently live though. Nothing to do and lots of violence (but not much other types of crimes). Small towns have a reputation for being free of this type of stuff, but that one isn't. Just goes to show you can't judge a place on stereotypes.

I think I would eventually decide to live in a village though. A real village, probably in another country. Though I would research it first to make sure things are as they seem and there's no violence.

i live in a nice area, i am on the north west coast of UK and it is pretty quaint, i live in a village, i could never live in the city, i hate the noise and the hussle and bussle, i like calm and tranquility, however i did recently travel 70 miles to another part of UK so i could find a new home in the country, i failed to find the place i wanted, but i am still going to look, i love that fresh smell of the country and the peace and quiet, it is quiet where i live, but i don't plan on living my last days here.

life in the city is definitely much more enjoyable than life in a village,however life in the village remains much more secured and pure than life in the city, the life in the city is for hustling and trying to make some money while life in the village is for relaxation and seeing some old folks

hi phillip well as long as I have my computer,router, and monitor have all these will travel I might like a smaller citybut not a tiny village as I need medical care and easy shopping and a way to'buy foodand all the rest. no just a small city not a small town. too few outlets for the things I need. I grew up on a farm near a small twon at that time it was fine but not now.

hi phillip,

i too agree to visit villages and get fresh air with out pollution and without trafic sounds,but there is no fun without friends or family in that places,40 gone that i been away from the village,have a nice day

I grew up in a province and I should say I had a pretty good life there. It was laid-back, fresh air and beautiful refreshing natural sceneries, with a lot of friends and relatives, less pollution and oh yes, no traffic. I live in the city now and this is where I work for a living, and I have actually adapted to the city life quite well. But if I can have my job in the village, I'd still choose to live there because I want an environment that's close to nature - for my kids.