Urban or Rural Life?

My husband and I both grew up in the country but when we started our family we moved to a suburb, 6 years ago we moved back to the country and we are loving it and wonder why we ever moved before.

I started working in Manila and that's a very urbanized place. But since i am a person who came from the province, i never get the hype of liking it there. Thus, after my initial months there i asked for a transfer to this city of the province where i live until i got married and now resides here in this city. It maybe a city here but still the ambiance if that of the province. Not that fast but just a relaxing way of working and living. Indeed when one gets old he wants to go back to the place where he formerly lived. Hence i also long for that , to be at our hometown someday when retirement comes.

hi! i have sampled both rural and urban living and i found that both have their own charms. fortunately for me i grew up in a rural setting (a province south of manila) where life is simpler and not much luxuries, neighbors are generally concerned with each other and the cost of living is relatively low. i spent years in the metro (manila) for the university and on my first job. what i like with living in the city is the convenience. i was just minutes away from the airport and when i want to go some place i could easily get a cab (as i don't have my own car). food trips and movies can be easily done, and i once lived in a building right beside a mall. but sometimes i get stressed out over traffic and yeah, the pollution that goes with it. so i try to squeeze in a few days in the mountain province and re-energize. another downside of urban living is the cost. i moved a lot due to work, and i lived and worked in different cities, islands, regions and a bit out of the country. right now i have settled in the place where i grew up in, no longer as rural as before. it has become a small city. i guess one can still have the best of both worlds. i'm fortunate enough to have worked the middle ground and enjoy what both rural and urban living have to offer... and this is because i work from home.

Hi, If I could, I would be in a very secluded place with no one around but the trees and the wild animals. I prefer the serenity and quiet of the countryside after a hard day's work or as a diversion when there not much work to do in the office. A farm with a creek running through it would be an ideal location. I would fill it with fruits, vegetables, a fishpond and animal pens of all varieties. Working in the city may have its perks but nothing beats the regenerative effect of the quiet countryside, no pollution, no distractions, no hassle or stress.

I also prefer to live in a rural area,like you.I grow up in the province and I always love it there.In the province,there will be less be less pollution.You can maximize your time because there will be no annoying traffics.You can also maximize your income,because living expenses are less;that sometimes you don't have to buy.You can grow your own fruits,vegetables,and farm animals for consumption.The only issue of living in the province is stagnancy.There is a lesser chance for professional growth because opportunities are less;so that it's still wise to stay in cities when you're young and be back in the suburbs for retirement."

Scenic beauty, lofty mountains and rice fields are so very pleasing to the sight and mind. One, however needs to work gainfully and such opportunities are available in the cities. It is the city life for me any day............

I must live in God's beautiful country, cities are harsh, oppressive and their inhabitants alienated and cold all the best, urban

i lived in large cities for the first 38 years of my life and have lived rurally for the last 3 years. There was some things that I enjoyed about living in the city, but overall, I love love love country living! I love the privacy and quiet I get in the country, I love being able to put in a giant garden and have chickens, and I love being about to sit outside around a fire all night and not disturb the neighbors/ I love that in the country I can so easily connect with Mother Earth and really see and feel the seasons change. i'm not sure if I would enjoy rural living so much when I was younger, but now I love it :)

I'm actually quite torn about this. I love the idea of living in the country (nature, animals, healthy food, no pollution), but when I actually get to be in the country I realise that I can't live without the city (the variation, the anonymity, the comfort, the shops). I think the ideal for me would be to spend the week in the city and the weekends in the country, so I would get the best of both worlds. I feel really attracted to both ways of life, but I'm just much more used to one (city) than the other.

I'm a city girl all the way. I like to go to the rural areas and countrysides for a sweet little trip, but on the long run, I'm pretty sure I would go crazy there. I like the busy life of the city, that every shop is just a reach away, I like that whenever I want to go to a theatre or a cinema, I have multiple choices, and even with public transport, I can get to anywhere within an hour. Also, multitudes of cool and varied dineries and cafés/tea houses, museums, pubs... also, as for tranqulity, for a while it'§s lovely, but I can't stand it for a huge while.

I loved to live in city than in rural because in rual like life moves so slow . People are not busy , minding other lives , talking and gossiping. As if life in rural got no development , no competition at all. People sleep early and wakes up early. Unlike in the city that you can work and work without limitations. No one will mind you , it is more of individuality than minding other's business . No time for gossiping. Life moves so fast that if you will not act you will really be left. Though urban is bit polluted i still loved the place.

I love the city, so definitely urban life for me. Although I do have to agree with you about the noise, it sometimes bothers me too but I wouldn't give up my life in the city for quiet. Whenever I need a break from urban life I take a time out at the countryside. Its nice for a break but I wouldn't live there permanently.

Plus rural citizens are on my opinion more open and sincere than urban citizens. My wife is a rural citizen and I am an urban citizen and to tell the truth I can not find more sincere person in the world than my wife, a rural citizen. All citizens in that suburbs are open and sincere. They are simple and understanding. Unfortunately my wife and me should work in the city because we have higher education and are teachers and have no chances to work in a rural area. Salary it too small to make bread. As to the urban citizens many of them are good people too, and more educated than rural ones. With an urban citizen it is interesting to communicate, especially when he or she has higher education but this depends.

I enjoyed my childhood in such a village, i.e. my birthplace, where there was no mode of transportation, no electricity, school up to middle school, no post office etc. For higher education I have to go to the city and from that time I could not enjoy the rural life. However there is the mix life in small towns where you can enjoy the rural as well as urban life.

I live far away from everything. It's not beautiful where I live but it is peaceful with clean air, friendly people and no crime to speak of. Life is relaxed and free and contentment and joy are always close at hand. Not for me the bright city lights, crowds of people going places, busy, working, unsmiling, unfriendly. Not for me the traffic that seems out of control and the smog that chokes the city and me. The only things I miss are walking along the edges at the beach, the rolling breaking waves and the serenity of a stroll along the shore, looking at shells, watching the gulls and finding items that end up on the beach.

YOu have the same opinion as my hubby. He often tells me he'd better go to my hometown to live there after he is tired. My hometown is in rural area, it's quiet and you can also grow field there. But now we are young and we have to stay in the city to earn money. I am looking forward to that day, thinking that we can grow some vegetables we want to eat and flowers we can take care of and appriciate every day. How happy it will be!

Good so earn money for a living and saving in the City and live in the rural areas someday.

I love both. I love the city, the mall, the restaurants and bar however when I get too exhausted from work I want to go the province to relax and enjoy the beach or the farm, and the breeze. But I don't prefer to live permanently on the province because I will surely miss the city.

Same pinch Jaycee... I want to earn enough and then go to my native when i grow old. I love to stay there. Everything is so natural. No pollution, no tension,etc. Just a peace of mind

Yes jay...you are right. I also have thought like you. I love living in the rural because over there we can absorb fresh air, silence and calmness. But, currently I cannot living in the rural because i need a lot of money for my future. In the rural is difficult to get a good job that can support my future life. So, I have to be urban to get job and money...yes, i hope one day I can live in the rural..