Urban Place

I used to live in one of the biggest cities in the US, which was metropolitan and i perfectly fit in the dynamic metro city atmosphere then.. but I had to move to suburban area for my college and its been almost 3 years living in suburban… i am getting used to this area, or I have already fully adapted myself to this environment. I found people here are nicer than them in the city, and traffic is much lighter, air quality is better, quieter, cleaner, more easygoing.. there are so many things I find better in suburb such as where I reside now.

But I still often visit the city at least once a week and i always feel so excited about being there because there are a lot more things to do to have fun,, people to watch,, places to visit, etc..

But the traffic is so heavy there and the rude people there sicken me and I feel exhausted when I am back in suburb here.

Where exactly do I fit better? the city or the suburb? I dont know myself.. I might want to live in a countryside, too.. LOL

You are lucky enough to be able to appreciate the good qualities of BOTH suburban life and city life, and that is a blessing because you are adaptable. You might one day have to move back to the city for a job – and unlike someone who could only love the suburbs, you would be able to focus on the positive things about the city and enjoy living there.
And if you ended up living in a suburb for years, well that wouldn’t really be a problem either because there’s so many things you like about living there.

What you are is called ‘versatile’. You can find the positive in any situation. That is a very, very special skill to have, because it will make your life happy.
People who are too rigidly stuck to black and white thinking (it’s got to be either good or bad, all or nothing, this or that) tend to end up unhappy because life just doesn’t work that way.

Sounds to me like you have it good for now. You like the suburbs and you also like living close to the city so that you can go out on the town if the mood strikes. You’d also one day like to try living in the country, or maybe another country entirely..

Why limit yourself to one area when there’s so much to like about all these different places.

Which one would you choose for your child? Any amendments – i.e. place X but in the coiuntryside, or place X if had XYZ?

If you were me, and you had a husband and a 2 year old, which would you choose:

Place A
Sunny and bright
Live next to beautiful beaches
There are lots of things to do
There are lots of children’s activities
Schools are good
Healthcare is good but expensive
Uncharacteristic place to live, urban sprall
Highly dependant on having a car
Neputistic – very hard to get a job unless you know "someone"
Very hard for me to get a job, easpecially part-time
On the other side of the world to all your family and friends
Culture different from own
Better paid job but no work for wife who studied for 5 years at uni and 5 years professionally
Here cannot afford to buy a house (which I need as love decorating) unless we live somewhere very isolated and husband has 1-1.5 hr travel to work and may be isolated
Childcare is very poor
Having to live in a rental in one of worst areas of a good suburb, which means that it is quite small and dark and there is distrubance from.. drunk people, parties outside someimes and some drug related crime, etc
The world’s most dangerous creatures liver here!
Very high cost of living and finding it hard to save enough to fly to see family

Place B
Historic country
Lots of lush green areas
Nearer to family and friends
Mild climate but rains a lot
Much easier to get a job part-time and continue wife’s career
Childcare is usually a great standard
Possibilty of living and working in a town that is mainly travelled by bicycles and public transport which is prefered by us as environmentalists and healthy!
Food is much more affordable, and easier to eat healthy and have own allotment
Here we could probably buy our own house in a good area
Highly muticultural population means you get to meet lots of interesting people
Shopping is great – clothes etc
Too many immigrants means that country is full to bursting and the welfare system is much abused so that people who do work are supporting a whole plethora of people who don’t
It’s colder and there aren’t as many nice beaches – if any
It may be very difficult for us to get jobs due to the recession
Place B has 4 seasons, very sunny in Summer, Autumn beings fall, Winter ofetn means sharp frosty mornings but still sunny soedays but FREEZING! And sometimes snow
Spring is sharp again but snowbless and dafodils come up everywhere and the leaves start to change colour.

absolutely place B, i bet your 2 year old would love that four seasonsQ childcare good. easier for jobs, not many but there is beaches, ignore immigrants….see the flaws as something you can teach your child, to respect his country and what not.

photography

Little Five points
Downtown, various alleys, memorial drive, ponce de leon, north ave. Candler Rd in decatur, cabbagetown, kirkwood, east atlanta villiage, covington hwy in decatur. Cruise around Decatur Unincorporated, Downtown atl, south of the underground. Use google street to find some stuff too

http://www.flickr.com/photos/victorcoffee/sets/72157617779708951/

those are some various photos i have taken around the city. Some of the locations are even Geomapped

I love cities, especially New York. One can argue about it’s appeal, but you cannot argue about its culture and history. Does anyone else agree that the cities and urban areas of this country would be such great places to live and visit, with their old world style and nostagia, if it weren’t for the damn cockroaches that have to breed there?

there are good things and bad things about every city. personally, i like Chicago better than NYC.

Where to to eat, visit, relax and etc?

The same as anyone!

1. Paramount’s Carowinds Water and … Attractions
2. Discovery Place Museums
3. Victory Lane Indoor Karting Center Attractions
4. Ray’s Splash Planet Attractions
5. Laser Quest Attractions
6. Balloons Over Carolina Guided Tours
7. McDowell Nature Center and Preserve Zoos, Farms
8. Mint Museum of Art Museums
9. Afro-American Cultural Center Museums
10. Charlotte Convention Center Tourist Information

here is Raleigh’s list

1. North Carolina Museum of Natural… Science
2. Historic Oakwood Castles, Palaces
3. William B. Umstead State Park Parks, Gardens
4. Skin Sense – A Day Spa Baths, Saunas
5. North Carolina State Capitol Castles, Palaces
6. Artspace Contemporary Art
7. North Carolina Museum of Art Contemporary Art
8. Shelley Lake Park Parks, Gardens
9. Raleigh Contemporary Gallery Contemporary Art
10. North Carolina Executive Mansion Castles, Palaces

I found this duvet cover (see link below) that I fell in love with, but it’s too expensive, but I really like it. Do you know where I can get this same one but somewhere cheaper (not ebay) or if there’s a similar one?

Here’s the link: http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?itemdescription=true&itemCount=60&startValue=1&selectedProductColor=&sortby=&id=16153918&parentid=A_FURN_BEDDING&sortProperties=+subCategoryPosition,+product.marketingPriority,-product.startDate&navCount=15&navAction=poppushpush&color=&pushId=A_FURN_BEDDING&popId=APARTMENT_FURNISH&prepushId=

I also like pique fabric with unique designs, if someone knows a place that has those.

Try
Pottery Barn
Pbteen
Jcpenney
Target
Walmart
Marhsals
GOOD LUCK

i already know about swell, lulus, zizebeh, and forever 21, do you have any more suggestions. . .

alloy
delia’s
zumiez
charlotte russe
journeys
wet seal
american eagle
hollister
abercrombie
pacsun

I need a good place to find urban fashion for men (mainly for jeans) near Huntington or Charleston west virginia. Any help. Thx!

Have you tried Charleston Department Store?

I’m always noticing by the due dates, seems like people always renew (or overdue) the books that I want, it’s like they want to keep the book forever so that no one else can get it. Also, I hate being put on hold. My library is in a neighborhood on the outskirts of a larger city so it’s neither rural or urban, I don’t know what you call that (place that is neither rural or urban). The library is part of the county branch libraries.

Because they are very good books.
You have good taste in books.

seriosly do u think is rong to have many sex partners for a girl.I would like to kow your location(country) when u answer and if u live in a urban or rural place
I am not a girlBut I think it s stupid to say that is rong to have several partners as long as u use protection.That all s**thing u rarly hear it in Europe and I was hoping nether in US.Sorry for my spelling it defently offended many people:)

i dont think its wrong to be a slag to be honest,im a guy and have had many sexual partners and im only 24 if you enjox sex then go for it,its the most natural thing in the world to do.
and im from the south wales area in the valleys