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My perspective: Plusses of cities: - can walk to many things, others are available via short drive or mass transit trip - friends live nearby - convenience
by burntoutfire 5y ago
My perspective:
Plusses of cities:
- can walk to many things, others are available via short drive or mass transit trip
- friends live nearby
- convenience store literally downstairs from where I live. Want a can of Coke at 10:30 pm? Not a problem.
- well-maintained: meaning no major potholes, snow is regularly shoveled from sidewalks etc.
- I can live in an apartment, which means basically almost zero home maintenance work.
Minuses of cities:
- Depending on specific location, can be far from nice green walking areas (and even such area is close by, it can be heavily occupied by others and hence will not help with relaxing as much)
- Noise levels from neighboring apartments, cars, barking dogs, never-ending construction and home improvements going around etc.
- Much more people around. Random inconsiderate strangers (aka assholes who blast music from their cars, park like the whole street belongs to them etc. etc. ) make me angry.
- agent008t 5y agoAlso plusses of cities: - possibly shorter commute (walk/cycle to work) - anonymity - you probably won't even know who your neighbours are Minuses: - you won't have a house, decent living space or any land. So a lot of hobbies and recreational activities won't be available to you (gardening, barbecue, woodwork, proper cooking, home gym in the garage - even having a cat could be problematic) - anonymity - you probably won't even know who your neighbours are