Do you live in the city, suburbs, or country? (1 Viewer)

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@Star will remember when we went to Polperro, and we stayed in a beautiful little upside down cottage overlooking the harbour, and right at the start of the coast path which climbed around the granite cliffs right around the corner. The weather was largely SHIT when we were there - I think it was late October (?) and the days were short.

But I found it genuinely THRILLING sitting on the side of that cliff, under a heavy grey sky, with the sea almost slate grey underneath smashing against the rocks.
 
lolly said:
To be honest, when it's fresh, I think I prefer how snow looks in cities.

But yes, after a matter of hours, it's vile and a pain in the arse.
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Snow in the likes of London lying on the ground is incredibly rare now but I do agree snow on the city is beautiful. I remember many years ago living in London and everything being so quiet and still late at night after a heavy snowfall and the images will stay in my head forever.
 
I love the sound of the rain in the countryside and the smell of it on the wild grass, in the city rain gets a little less important, you don't really notice it, apart from the excessive traffic cause everyone's driving like they're carrying eggs with the first droplet.
 
I adore living in London (well zone three, but I’d still call that city given the sheer number of people and amenities in the doorstep), and love big cities.

But I do adore the countryside as well. My year living back in semi-rural NZ was lovely in a different way. Too quiet for it to be fulltime, but I totally see the appeal.
 
Lived in SW London for 11 years but now live in a market town in rural mid Devon. Zero regrets.
 
Devil said:
I adore living in London (well zone three, but I’d still call that city given the sheer number of people and amenities in the doorstep), and love big cities.

But I do adore the countryside as well. My year living back in semi-rural NZ was lovely in a different way. Too quiet for it to be fulltime, but I totally see the appeal.
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I’d say all of zone 1-3 and even some of 4 is the city of London
 
I'm slap-bang in the centre of the best 'hood in one of the largest cities in the world. 🎉 Which probably explains why I'm perpetually BROKE. :(

Bizarrely, I'm most at peace when I'm actually miles removed from civilisation and adventuring in the wilderness. I sometimes feel that I'd be at my happiest if I could find some hovel at the southern tip of Patagonia or deep in the Himalayas. Being completely anonymous for the remainder of time has much appeal.

But the reality is that I don't drive (and don't intend to learn) and life + travels necessitate that I'm adjacent to excellent public transport networks. And in terms of my general routines, I'd find it hard to be removed from nightlife / art / QUINOA / etc.

Being back in Europe for a month recently made me realise just how much I appreciate (and miss!) cosmopolitanism and diversity as well. I love how outwardly progressive the major EU cities can be, and I feel completely at ease in those environments. I had a lovely time outside of the urban centres as well - but, as freely as I've been able to navigate space in life up until this point, part of me questions the extent to which a politically-outspoken POC can really be embraced in rural or even suburban life. Although apparently that doesn't work out so well in British cities atm either, so hey ho!
 
I’m zone 3/4 now, and whilst it still feels quite urban here, I was horrified to pass a HARVESTER on the bus home last night so maybe I’m just kidding myself.
 
Dark Carnival said:
It’s already cute enough when zone 2 and 3 queens pretend to live in the city :eyes:
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I cannot imagine living in zone one post the age of about thirty.

Surely by that point no one likes people enough to be surrounded by literally millions of the cunts all day, every day? Sounds GRIM
 
Yeah I can’t think of one bit of zone 1 I’d actually want to live in. I can go several weeks without setting foot in it. I always thought I’d be a zone 2 girlie for life, I only moved out here as I couldn’t afford a decent flat in zone 2, but now I’m here I absolutely love it.
 
I've always thought with London, that I'd either want to be right in the middle of it all, or out of it entirely.

I appreciate I'm speaking as a frequent visitor and someone who has never lived there, and the reality of living there and making it work could be quite different.
 
My friend who is from the island recently spent 2 months in London working and living at Buckingham Palace.

She said she absolutely loved the fact that she was completely anonymous. That there's so many people in London, not a single person acknowledged her, noticed her, and she became invisible.

A huge difference to the island, where everyone knows you, everyone says hello and has a chat.
 
Devil said:
I cannot imagine living in zone one post the age of about thirty.

Surely by that point no one likes people enough to be surrounded by literally millions of the cunts all day, every day? Sounds GRIM
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Nah, having literally everything within walking distance beats everything. It's all about being in the right neighbourhood that offers the best of living in the city while being away from extra busy tourist centres.
 
Dark Carnival said:
Nah, having literally everything within walking distance beats everything. It's all about being in the right neighbourhood that offers the best of living in the city while being away from extra busy tourist centres.
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Only possible in London if you're INSANELY rich or share with five other people or like a friend of mine were fortunate enough to get a council flat in Fitzrovia 25 years ago.
 
Dark Carnival said:
Nah, having literally everything within walking distance beats everything. It's all about being in the right neighbourhood that offers the best of living in the city while being away from extra busy tourist centres.
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Totally get this, but zone 2/3/4 for example still have everything. Just not the touristy shite, but as Lucille points out you can often go weeks on end without being in Zone one unless you work there.

It still feels like I’m in zone one with the thousands of people pouring out of Tooting Broadway every hour, meaning I can stay anonymous and enjoy tonnes of restaurants/bars/shops/gyms but without battling visitors.
 
I lived in zone 1 (albeit on the edge) almost my entire 20 years of London and I never felt overwhelmed by crowds or noise, and this is coming from someone who hates crowds / tourists / humans generally.

In fact my home in Notting Hill you couldn’t hear a sound at night it was so quiet. Living literally on the river in Nine Elms was amazing. Baker Street I had the railway to contend with but I was 2 minutes from Regents Park and surrounded by neighbourhoods like St John’s Wood and Marylebone.

Zone 1 is a pretty big place. It’s not all Leicester Square and Covent Garden. It’s about knowing where to be. And being clever with compromising on rent costs (basement flats, flats with no separate living room, stuff like that)
 
funky said:
I lived in zone 1 (albeit on the edge) almost my entire 20 years of London and I never felt overwhelmed by crowds or noise, and this is coming from someone who hates crowds / tourists / humans generally.

In fact my home in Notting Hill you couldn’t hear a sound at night it was so quiet. Living literally on the river in Nine Elms was amazing. Baker Street I had the railway to contend with but I was 2 minutes from Regents Park and surrounded by neighbourhoods like St John’s Wood and Marylebone.

Zone 1 is a pretty big place. It’s not all Leicester Square and Covent Garden. It’s about knowing where to be. And being clever with compromising on rent costs (basement flats, flats with no separate living room, stuff like that)
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I was thinking after I posted above that it's probably far too easy and foolish to generalise about a city as large as London, based on my knowledge of it.

Despite what I posted I'm sure there are areas of central London I'd hate, and areas (not too) further out, particularly if they are well connected, that I'd love.

The area around Abba Arena where all those flats have gone up is fucking horrid though. Sorry if any moopists live there. I believe that's zone 2/3.
 
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