The best of both, I'm a country boy through and through and I can see an Amish horse and buggy anytime I want to, but it's only 1 1/2hrs drive to Chicago, Indianapolis or St. Louise.

I grew up in a mid-sized city, but summered in the country on a lake. I have always been both....I thrive off the energy in the city, feel like I can do anything when I am there. For the last 10 or so years I have lived very rurally and I love that too. I love the privacy, the nature and the peace and quiet. It's amazing that when you look around, I mean really look, there is almost as much diversity in the types of people that live around here as there are in a big city. Maybe not quite so much cultural diversity, but diversity none the less. Some day if I win the lottery, I will buy an apartment in the city to use on weekends. Then I can have the best of both worlds:)

Guess I'm mostly city boy, (Gnashville is much more urban than people think) but where I live is still very close to the country, I'm married to a country girl, & I was raised by very much country parents. Plus the in-laws are on a real live cattle farm less than an hour away...

I am a city girl -- I have lived in VERY small towns (think 2000 people) but I prefer mid-sized cities. I like nightlife, but not too much smog and traffic. Columbus has about a million people, and that's about right for me.

I have lived in the big city. I've fit in there and enjoyed all the bustle and activity. But I was born and raised in a rural setting. I lived on a farm until I was 7, then moved to a town of just over 200 people where I stayed till high school. Being able to honestly compare the both, I have to say my heart still belongs to the country. Luckily, that's just where I'm headed when I get back to the states!

I was born and raised a city girl.. although my family is from the hills. When hubby and I first married we moved to rural SD and hated the country small town life so we went back to the big city (yes Detroit has more population in the one city than all of SD) but the older I got and the bigger my kids got I realised that I wanted to go back to the country to raise my kids..... so here I am again in the middle of nowhere lol and lovin it... so I guess I am a country girl at heart after all :D

You know, I don't consider myself either country or city. I think if you get right down to it, I mostly consider myself a South Westerner.....we're a special kind of crazy.

I grew up in a small town (5,000...a think Fizzy and Daroogle beat me...)...and I've lived in big ones. I like the options in a big town, but honestly...I don't think I need to live there. You can always visit.

But if I can't get myself someplace where I can't see pavement and electric lights regularly...I get downright unpleasant. Does that make me a country girl? ;)

Lived in both. Baltimore, Chicago, Mannheim (GermanY), Yokohama, and Sendai (Japan) were the larger cities and they were okay, in fact, loved Baltimore.

Also lived in several smaller towns and do today. I prefer the smaller towns for lifestyle, but like being close enough to larger cities to be able to take advantage of the shopping and entertainment opportunities they offer.

WEll, i was born in west virginia, then taken to pennsylvania, then to rhode island. then back to PA then up to new york and then to ohio. and then finally to north carolina.. and back to pa.

I, personally see myself as a corn bred country boy to the core. none of the places up north that i've lived in were anything close to city. every house had well over 10 acres of land.. and when i moved to NC i lived there from 13 to 16
so that was te bulk of my life in one area
.... and where i live in PA is just as country if not more... i love it though. i love the smells.. i love the sounds.. i love being a roughneck and i love being a country boy. all you big money making citty boys can come and flash all your cash all you want.. but youk now what... i got fresh air.. i got a house with a lawn.. i got me 4 cats and 2 dogs that like to raise hell with the neighbors dogs.... romping around in ponds and gett'n puppies... hehe help'n my neighbor damn near 3 to 4 times a week go get loads of wood for his wood stove... If anyone alive could claim to have the best neighbor in the world.. it would be me!. hehe he's about 50 feet away at all times.. and anyone else is about a mile away..

god.. got me all remmorsefull...
i need to quit...

but anyways i love being a country boy.. its in me and through and out my soul..

Having lived in both, I've found that there are things I'd miss about each if I lived in the other.

Washington DC and my current town have nothing in common. Not even the language! ha ha My town has 9,000 people in it and 27,000 cows. After 5:00, we have to drive 30 minutes to get to a grocery store. Our fast food restaurant consists of one Subway. We couldn't support a Blimpies at the same time, they moved out. I love small town life but hate small town minds and attitudes. I love the peace and tranquility of being able to sit outside and not hear anything but the birds, but hate bringing my garbage cans down a 400' driveway at night (because I forgot to do it during the day) and being afraid of things that go bump in the night...like coyotes! And I love that I'm not afraid for my children when they go out to play (except when they find the machete I keep hiding on them) but I hate the 45 minute ride to the nearest city with any semblance of cultural.

Bottom line, I don't forsee moving anytime soon. So I'll be chewed alive at the bottom of the driveway while my machete wielding children bitch about having to go to a museum because the ride takes longer than the batteries in their gameboys last.

SubUrban through and through
 

urban v country??? Neither!
geeez I have been either in a Suburban or an ExUrban environment for as long as I can remember. Wide open spaces mean a quater of an acre lot and a lawn to mow. Going to the store generally means a 5 minute trip by car. Now I can walk to a bodega but "the city" is a short train ride away.
My preference is to live with space and conienvience near to the wildlife and the nitelife.

I've lived both places now in a small town of 2500.just something about being able to look out and see wild turkeys and deer feed across the road,or smell fresh cut hay,listen to the ring of an anvil. you cant get that in a city very often, nor can you run naked thru the woods to go skinnydipping. I'll keep the country

From a small town of about 15,000...at University it was a town of 100,000 and that was my biggest. I personally would hate the traffic of a large city and now live in a town of about 2000 and dont mind it, just close enough to larger cities to get things and go to events, but far enough where there are still bumpkins around so I seem smarter.... :D

If there was a poll in this thread, it looks like the country people would win.

I live in downtown Toronto and love the hustle and bustle. Walking the dog is entertaining because there are so many people to watch. There are 2.5 million people in Toronto (which grows to 5 million if you count the greater Toronto area) and so many different foods and events happening every day. I'll never tire of hopping a streetcar or listening to the chimes of the subway.

That's not to say I'm not looking forward to spending a weekend in a provincial park listening to the birds as I paddle down a river.

City. Plain and simple.