Do you consider yourself urban, suburban or rural?

bumpybump · March 2017

This question is not based on where you live, it's more based on where you would like to be. For example, are you currently urban but wish you were rural...then mark rural.

After I asked this as the GTKY in the Thursday Ticker Change, it seemed a majority would consider themselves rural. So I wanted to take a larger sample and see what the group as a whole would be. I had specifically asked what each person is now and if that changed from growing up.

Feel free to comment to elaborate as well.

DeansGirl14 · March 2017

I voted Urban. Grew up rural and always loved it, but moved to the city for a job and haven't looked back. Funny thing is now, I love the peace and quiet of rural (visiting my parents or vacation) but I can only manage about 48 hours of peace and quiet before I get a bit stir crazy, lol.

knottie0d8cc4d43bacc09f · March 2017

I voted Suburban.. to me that means where I live now, which is a mix of peace and quiet/land but still relatively easy access to stores. I don't think I could ever live in a big city. I went to visit my bff in NYC one weekend and was exhausted after 48 hours.

Mango517 · March 2017

I voted Rural in that I like living near open space, small towns, and sometimes having to drive extra time to get to places.

lewliv · March 2017

I would say suburban but no further than 30min outside the city. I grew up in the city and love all the options for food and entertainment. I do hate the traffic and parking situation is most cities. Leaving in a small suburban town just outside the city gives me access to the city's amenities and a quiet house with a backyard. Best of both worlds.

imwithbaby · March 2017

Rural + Target =

SarahBethBR · March 2017

We are urban. We adore our neighborhood and how close we are to everything. Snowball stand a block away, James Beard award winning restaurant 3 blocks away, Mardi Gras parade route 5 blocks away. We have a small house and no yard but there are great parks, an incredible zoo, and so much to do right in our neighborhood.

shyviolet-2 · March 2017

We are rural now. I grew up suburban/urban and don't have interest in going back to that. We did live in Oakland for a few years and loved being in the city, but were each working long days with an 1hr commute each direction. Now we live in a beautiful mountain community, could afford to buy a house (in California) on 1 income and DH is home by 5:30 most days. If we won the lottery and could afford to live anywhere we would probably move back to the city, but our life is pretty good how it is.

belmont1785 · March 2017

I grew up rural, hated it then but love it now. But my ideal home would be suburban, although I currently am urban. Haha I marked suburban.

AB518 · March 2017

I voted rural. At this point in life, I just want acreage, and I am tired of living in overpopulated cities with terrible traffic.

mkayslurp · March 2017

Dying to get out into the country a bit with a little bit of land and no neighbors. I want chickens. And goats. And pigs. Hate suburbia.

Kathryn0903 · March 2017

Voted urban. Honestly, I've experienced all 3. Lived in Tampa till I was 11 and loved it. Moved to Vermont after that and experienced the whole rural thing - had chickens and horses. Now live in what is considered suburban. I think I like the urban feel the most, but don't think DH would ever go for that. I definitely think all 3 have their own unique characteristics that are appealing.

JCPSand2B · March 2017

I've lived in a suburban area all my life, granted it's gotten pretty big from people moving across the river from the urban areas, but it's still not a"big city". I like that I don't have to deal with the traffic of the urban area but can easily benefit from all the perks of the bigger city when I want. I hate driving- I wouldn't want to have to drive a long ways to get to what I need and I hate driving with the crazy drivers in the bigger cities. So rural and urban areas are out for me.

Even when my husband was stationed in Tampa for a few years we decided to live in one of the suburbs near by to avoid the craziness.

lyse01 · March 2017

Rural for me - but I could switch to a small urban neighborhood without too much trouble. I like knowing the people I see on the streets and having friends who are not my age. I live about an hour from the nearest mall. High school class sizes range from 4 to 11 - there are about 230 people living in this unincorporated hamlet, but it has one of the top schools in the state.

Grew up in suburbia and didn't really like driving half an hour to get to anything.

donehue · March 2017

I grew up an hour south of Boston, then lived in Cambridge/Boston for ten years and thought I would never leave the city. We bought a house by my parents 6 years ago and I love coming home to space and quiet. This suburb though is expanding rapidly and I feel myself craving even more peace and quiet all the time! My in-laws have a place in the rural Adirondacks and I love visiting there, but the economy is kind of depressed so I'm not jumping to relocate.

dinofreak · March 2017

Technically I'm rural, since I live on an island in Alaska only accessible by boat or plane, and neither during inclement weather. But we have a grocery store and schools, even a small college, so I don't feel rural as in roughing-it in the country. It's just a very self contained teensy bureau (14 miles of paved road from one "end" sign to the other).

ETA: I just looked it up, and yes, my town is considered rural. Everywhere except Anchorage is technically rural, even Juneau, the capital.

smallbutmighty77 · March 2017

I grew up suburban, but have lived in the city for years. While I love it, we want more yard, less sirens, and a little quieter. So, Suburban. Hopefully near a cute downtown...I don't think I could handle the quite of rural!

PinkPrincessPiper · March 2017

I've always lived in a big city (the biggest in my state), but the next house we buy will be a little further out (suburban). We want a nice plot of land & some privacy, but still have the convenience of being close to the city. I want to build a chicken coup & have farm fresh eggs everyday!

kmwills · March 2017

I grew up rural and hated it. So far from EVERYTHING. Now I'm suburban, 20 minutes from the city, world-class cuisine, health care and arts/entertainment. Love it!

LSP87 · March 2017

I wish I were more rural. I've lived in the suburbs all my life but had the opportunity to experience ranch life as a child on my family's ranch in South Texas. I am sad we sold it after my grandfather's passing because it was such a great part of my childhood that I wish I could share with my kids. One day, maybe I'll get some land! But I still need my Amazon Prime and Target!

kodariah · March 2017

I'm in a really small town and I love it. I was raised here and moved to a bigger town for school which still wasn't very big since I stayed in Idaho, then i moved back to my tiny little home town. It is a little tourist town with a population of about 400 people, I love the community that comes with living in an area so small

we are about 45 minutes away from anything but living here my whole life I'm used to it.

OTmom3 · March 2017

I'm about 5 miles from Baltimore city limits but still considered a suburb of Baltimore. I grew up in a suburb of Washington, DC

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