I've lived (not just visited, but spent at least a year) in places as small as Nome, Alaska and as large as Atlanta, SF, Dallas, and Las Vegas. I just moved fro

I've lived (not just visited, but spent at least a year) in places as small as Nome, Alaska and as large as Atlanta, SF, Dallas, and Las Vegas. I just moved from rural MA to rural NY (from one small college town to another). Growing up I yearned with a passion to live in a big city, but having lived a quite a few, I'm much less enamored with city life, at least in the US. Traffic sucks and often where you want to go is spread out geographically, so you're forced to deal with traffic. I also hate that there is so little greenery, except in a handful of places that are super expensive to afford to live near. That said, cities do offer quite a few positives. Way more things to do and more people to meet. I think many European cities seem better designed for foot traffic and bikes, with more nature interspersed, than US cities. Having only visited Europe, I feel like I'd much prefer to live in a European style city than many of the major US cities. Then again, since I didn't live in Europe it could be that many of the places I want to go to on a regular basis (like a climbing gym) are in out of the way places. Obviously not all European cities are the ideal (really hated the hustle and bustle in Rome for example), but many more cities I've visited there seem like nice places to live (I even fantasized about moving to Copenhagen for a while).