Just Wondering About Cities And Countries

[jazzy_dave]

Which city is your favourite place in the whole world and why?

Do you prefer living in a city or the countryside?

If you could , which country would you like to live in and why?

Comments

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Ahh, if I traveled, I might be able to answer this easier!

*HUGS*

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

I can't pick one. I love traveling too much and have had too much fun for very different reasons in many different cities. London ranks very high, despite the high cost of living, because it is so accessible. Many of the other places I have loved are too polluted, or to dangerous, or too massive with no public transit, or I find it too hard to communicate (I need to speak enough of the language to get around comfortably, or at least be in a place where many people speak a language I understand).

I am a downown city girl, at least while I'm working. I'll reassess once I'm retired (in case I decide to act on my dream of hobby farm), and then again when I get to the point that quick access to medical becomes a priority.

I live in Canada, which is wonderful. Second choices would be somewhere in Scandinavia (because I like the history and the lifestyle), or Germany (where I lived for a long time growing up - also for the history and the food), or maybe back to Brazil (sunshine, the food, the music, Brazilian Portuguese), or somewhere in Central or South America (Nicaragua? Uruguay? because it is possible to have a comfortable life on a modest pension).

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

It's very difficult to choose but one. I'm deeply fond of San Francisco, but I also always love roaming around London. Brighton's great fun, and Bath.. ahh, yes, I got on well with Bath too. But then there's San Diego as well, and Sydney, and Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore..

I'm quite split between being a country and city bunny, having grown up in rural locations (even born in one), and I have a passion for wildlife photography, and even just good, day long walks, but I also feel such energy in places where I feel I belong, especially San Francisco. Even just sitting on a bench down on Market, near Church, and watching the world go by, late on a Saturday night.. I can't help but think of the myriad possibilities everyone has in store, all those stories. And yet, by the same token, if I stand on the top of Nimitz Way or Wildcat Point, and look out upon basically the entire Bay Area in one go, with almost nobody around but me.. that's also a moment to treasure.

I wouldn't want to choose any country. I'd far sooner do away with borders. Besides, much as I love the Bay Area, I also love snow, which isn't - for all the region's bizarre microclimates - much of a San Francisco thing. =:) And then there's the wealth of brewing diversity in the UK, not to mention the West Country's innate and indisputable superiority in all matters cider. ^_^

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Haven't been very many places to compare them...

Probably San Francisco. There is something about it that even Portland doesn't have, although I'd be happy to live in Portland. I haven't seen London, but I think it'd love it...

Toss up. Lived the first part of my life in the city, the last half in the country. In the country I miss the energy and options; in the city I wanted land to garden.

Iceland, I think. Or one of the Scandinavian countries where there is good health care and stuff. A few years ago I would have said England without hesitation, but it seems to be going the way the US is.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

1. Most likely Berlin or Seattle
2. Both ... for theatre, the city ... for piece and quiet, a small town
3. Ireland, Germany, Canada? .... The first two because of my ancestry ... the latter because of its political climate.

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

Yay, Berlin! We spent a week there last summer, loved the place. Though I might go with Dresden.

Seattle: I've only spent a week there for a conference, didn't get to go out and about, so no opinion. I definitely do not want to go back to living in Phoenix, the Arizona government has gone so totally batshit crazy. They recently added two seats to the AZ Supreme Court so they could stuff it with more conservatives.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Probably Madison WI or Pittsburgh PA. I grew up in one (Pittsburgh) and worked in the other, felt safe there

Countryside, hands down.

I would need to experiment more to answer the last one

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Siena! Although I'd not pass up Paris or Rome.

Town rather than city although I like the countryside.

Italy although I could be tempted back to Belgium.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

It's hard to say because there are still so many cities I've yet to visit. :D Sure like Papeete, Volcano (HI), Portmeirion, Stockholm, Auckland, the list goes on...

I like living in a small city. We are close enough that twenty minutes and we are in the country, yet it's nice to have all the conveniences of a city.

Again a hard question to answer, although we really love New Zealand, Rangi, and Tahiti.

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

I guess I would have to say Orlando, Fl because that's where Disney World is. lol.....

I like the small suburbs. :)

I think I would have to go with Great Britain. I just LOVE your history. :)
Hugs, Jon

[thewayne.livejournal.com]

I LOVED Dresden and Berlin. If I was making a reasonable living, I'd go with the former, knowing that the latter is but a train hop away. Also assuming I learned German.

loved the San Francisco of 30 years ago, but it's become so expensive that I would not live there. Plus, it's going to fall in to the ocean some day. Portland, Oregon is quite nice, but I've heard it's overrun with hipsters.

[medesign.livejournal.com]

I dont have a favorite city. I would love to go anywhere in Finland, maybe Helsinki.

I would prefer to live in the country away from people. I do like the city for some things, like music and internet etc. One day I swear I will be the old hermit who lives in the woods. Nature calls to me and i am most at peace in it.

Im happy in Canada but I would like to maybe live in Finland, Greenland, or Scotland.

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I dislike cities intensely, yet Philadelphia is where I was when I met George, and,
years later, Rod.

I miss the country. I lived on a 100 acre farm in Maryland. It was beautiful. Rod lives
in a semi rural area. I like that, too.

I can't imagine living in another country, as I have learning disabilities, and learning a
new language would be hell for me, but if I could, I would live in Canada or England.

Things don't appear to be near as crazy in those two places as they are in the US.

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

Cities? Ugh. Hate cities. Don't have one.

I prefer living in the countryside, obviously, lol :)

The one I live in now because I love it and its people's and it is nice and safe and everyone is relaxed and happy :)

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Boston. I live in my favorite place ever to live.

As far as visiting places, though? There are no places on Earth like Tuscany. Florence is just amazing.

[xiphias.livejournal.com]

Oh, and city-vs-country? I honestly am unable to comprehend how people live in the countryside. I like visiting the countryside just fine. But if you can't get to a couple universities, hundreds of restaurants, dozens of theaters, (including symphonies, operas, musicals), good museums, major libraries, and so forth, on public transit without a car, why would you live there?

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

Can I cheat and pick two cities? Seattle is my favorite city in the US. I have lots of relatives in that area, there are good restaurants, great scenery, and fun things to do and the climate isn't too extreme. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia is my other favorite city. I had a great time when we were there several years ago and would love to go back. Tasmania reminds me a lot of the Pacific northwest in the US, but is very different.

There are things I like about both living in a city and living in the countryside. Living in a city is more environmentally responsible in my opinion though so I live in a small city where everything I really need is within a few miles.