We used to live in the country............for 31 years! Now we live in a small city (pop. 32,000) and love it!

Definitely country. I prefer dirt to concrete underneath my feet. :)

Ideally......in the country just outside our city.
A dream home on an acre would be heaven. A separate outbuilding for DH to rehearse and have the band over, and store the equipment.

I love nature and want flowerbeds again and a small garden.

But close enough to all the amenities. Not sure I'd want to live with a sump pump and for sure I want my high-speed internet.

.....and trees. I love trees!

Country of course :) I live in a woods.

Sue

hands down no question country! we want land beautiful land around us and lots of trees, luckily where we live now I at least have lots of big beautiful trees. All of our previous homes we have had several acres and barns or outbuildings for my husband to have his workshop, he is missing that a lot, someday hopefully soon he can have one built here on our little 3/4 acre lot. It is very out of the norm for us to live in a subdivision with close neighbors.
Country does not necessarily mean all kinds of bugs and critters! I have seen my share of in city places that were covered with many more bugs than I had ever seen in the country! All those that were listed could be found in Central Park in the heart of the big city !
I was born in the country and it is where my heart is.

I like the middle...the great compromise - the suburbs.

We have a good sized corner property in an upper middle class 'burb. Tall, mature trees, both firs, Maples and Elms )....curbs, but no sidewalks, and a working farm just a few hundred feet away across the street with cows and ducks making it sure sound like country (especially when the cows need milking).

Yet - a couple of nice little shopping centers only a 5 minute drive away.

I spent my first 26 years in NYC, and when we bought a little weekend house in the country I wasn't at all sure I wanted to go there every weekend. But I grew to love it, and for the past 36 years I've lived in an old farmhouse on 31 acres. No doubt about it, my heart is in the country.

Country for me.

I was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in the DC suburbs. When we retired, we moved to the country. We only have 6 acres, but our neighbor (a cattle rancher) has 500 acres that wrap around our property...giving us complete seclusion. We live in the Blue Ridge Mountains and are completely surrounded by oak trees. This is definitely God's country, and it would be very difficult for me to return to city living.

Our neighbors all have 4 legs, and we get along very well (now that I have given up on the idea of a garden). I'll take the occasional tick over the rats of the city (2- and 4-legged varieties).

We are 4 miles from an excellent hospital and doctors; and 8 miles from two shopping centers (there are many smaller stores within 4-5 miles).

I'm a country mouse for sure, born here and will die here. :)

Guess it depends on how you define each. Under a more stereotyped, I'm definitely more "country" but I enjoy certain city aspects. City life does *not* mean you have to have smog, noise and the like. You can get that in the "country" too! I have lots of trees in my yard, and in my area. I have deer in my yard often, rabbits nest under my shed. Yet I'm in a city.

I did not enjoy a friend's place where he'd have to put up with the smell of the farm sprays, chemical fertilizers and having the dust from the fields blowing into his house when they worked the fields. And at my cabin, there's often far more noise than in town!

I like trees, solitude and the like.

no question country love it

I like living in a small city. Ames population has grown to about 55,000 but half of that is college students on the other side of town. During the summer and during winter break, it is very noticeable that the students have left town. My town has everything I need except shopping and Des Moines is only 40 minutes away.

I'm a country girl but I live in a rural town. I have everything I need and when I don't I don't have far to drive only about 40 minutes. I would not want to live in a city. I'd truly prefer to live in the country with about 80 acres and my house right smack dab in the middle. I know I'll never get that.

At the moment we have one foot in each place. Until DH retires and we sell our 'old' house.

Interestingly, our suburban house is in a smallish township--but it's part of a huge NE megalopolis. On the other hand, our country house is in a rural area--we've got farms and open spaces just a stone's throw away. One day, we looked outside and our neighbors had a horse on their front yard (it's actually a residential area, they don't keep the horse at the house--it was just visiting). Anyway, our country house? Is in the largest city in the state. Even though it's mostly a rural area.

I just love the country. Love the amazing way my vegetables grow, and that I can run out to a farm market to buy anything I don't grow. Love the slower pace, less traffic, more friendly folk. Can't wait to be living there fulltime.

I love both, we live in a very rural area but only 10 minutes from our little city and 70 minutes from Pittsburgh. I would not trade it, we have 20+ acres and love every inch of them. There are times I miss next door neighbors, but then I walk to the woods and stumble across a tiny fawn and mom, or the raccoons show up and eat the dog food and fruit I put out for them......thank God I'm a Country Girl!

I should mention that Rome and Paris are on my bucket list though.

I have lived in a city, country, town, and suburbs and I like the suburbs the least. I love wildlife and trees but don't like rednecks which I encountered in my time in the country. I think I'd pick town which is where I am now but everyone who comes in my little 1/2 acre cannot believe their eyes since it's a forest of 100 year old trees with two ponds, birdbaths and birdhouses and a bee hive. It's so shady I have to garden in the community garden.

I like the 'burbs of a metropolis. Great restaurants, shopping and entertainment within a short distance, but a little elbow room and quiet at home.

I would give anything to live in the mountains far from the city, but close enough to drive into town to buy whatever I need.

I was born in Washington DC (Hi, Wanda!) but grew up in the country (it was called the boondocks back then). We didn't have a farm, but the neighbors did. Went to the same school from K to 12.

Now after living in the suburbs of several cities across the US, I am in a very old suburb in Arlington, just eight miles from the White House. Our lot is small by country standards, but we have the greatest variety of trees in the neighborhood and tons of perennials. Guess I am a hybrid! We have a library, stores, and restaurants within walking distance, so we won't move until we get carried out.

Country, born, bred, and by choice :-)

I'd give my eye teeth to be able to live in the country again! I freakin' hate the city life. There are just PEOPLE everywhere! It seems to get busier by the day! I hope one day to retire out in the middle of nowhere and if I never see another person (besides my husband) it will be too soon....UGH!

Country and that's it. We're only on 2.25 acres, have only 4 homes that are within eyesight. Across the street are farmers fields. Lots of wild life, too much this year. They have for the first time in 5 years really wreaked havoc in the garden. We made 9 beds a few years ago and until this year no problems. The deer ate my young tomatoes and appear to be eating the strawberries. We have a marsh at the end of our property that really increases the snake population. I hated going to the garden and having those things wriggling around me. This year we invested in a good indoor outdoor carpet and have almost covered the "floor" of the garden area and I have yet to see any snakes. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Had a run in with a very large snapping turtle yesterday, he totally caught me off guard. As long as the snakes and turtles stay out of the pool, I'm happy. We don't have alot of bugs though, we're in a pretty windy area and that helps to keep them down. The area at the back is heavily wooded though and we stay out this time of year.

For sure country! We live on 45 acres of grass/alfalfa hay ground, but just 15 mins. from town. Perfect mix. Linda, I have a son that lives in Des Moines but goes to school in Ames! We really like Iowa...so much moisture. We have ditches to get water to our crops, you have ditches to get water OUT of your crops. :)