Which do you prefer: the hustle and bustle of city life or the quiet and serenity of country life? Why?

Joanne's favorite answer:
I like the country in the middle of nowhere with a house with a driveway so long that when a city girl gets to a bend in the driveway, she will ask her mother "Which way, left or right?" and the mother replies "Left, Joanne, we are still in the driveway." That's the kind of place I like.

Joanne's answer:
I'm definitely a city girl. I love the energy of the city...the people, the sights, the culture, the excitement. I love the "big-ness" of it - seems to be filled with unending possibilities. The country is a nice place to visit...but I wouldn't want to live there.

And the other answers!

1. I don't like the extreme of each,but the mixture of both.

2. I prefer the beach town I now live in. We have no traffic problems and there is only 1 (Blinking at that) red light in the town.

3. If I HAD to pick just one, it would be the country. I'm really kind of a loner and the country life allows me to spend quiet time with just me or me and my husband. I do like to go spend time in the city but I'm much happier being in the quiet.

4. MUST HAVE LIFE! I'll take a city over the country any and every day of the week. The country is somethingto look at from 30,000 feet while flying to another city...

5. This is an easy one: I'd chuck it all and move up to a small town in the mountains any old day of the week. I wouldn't miss minimalls, gas stations, or Denny's in the slightest (I might miss Starbucks... a little). But you knew that: in my darker grad school hours, I've considered going off to be a forest ranger. Too funny.

6. Country for sure. Hustle and bustle puts too much strain on my remaining nerve.

7. Give me suburbia, the best of both. I like the pace of country living with the culture of the big city. So plant me 45 minutes outside of a major metro area, and I'll be happy.

8. To live - Neither extreme - I'd prefer somewhere in between. Kind of like a cross between NYC and Dover, DE :-)

9. More often than not, I prefer the quiet and serenity of country life. I have always grooved on natural beauty and find that things are clearer in my mind when I do not have the distractions of the city. That's good for someone who wants to write. HOWEVER, I also love New York City. In a way, I feel like I grew up there and I have fond (or at least meaningful) memories in just about every neighborhood. I love that you can't shake a stick without hitting a great place to eat, a cultural institution, or an interesting character. I like walking fast in the city, like the subway, like the energy, and like that feeling that anything could happen at any moment. Ideally, I'd like to live in Upstate New York (Hudson River Valley). That way I could still be reasonable close to everything good from both worlds.

10. City, of course!

11. My idea of "country" is anything outside the Rte 128 circle. Actualcountry life? like with farms an' shit? Goddamn I'd be scared stiff! you know they have chickens and cows that just run around freelyaccosting people? UFOs regularly kidnap people and probe theiranuses... anusi... butts. And you could travel 100 miles in anydirection without coming across a Dunkin Donuts, a movie theatre, oreven an office park! Hell, You can go that far without bumping intoyour next door neighbor!

12. I much prefer the country life. I love trees and woods and grass and water. I couldn't live happily without woods and water around me. I grew up on a lake in the woods of Maine so I think it is in my blood. You can take the girl out of the woods, but you can't take the woods out of the girl. I dislike hustle and bustle as a general rule and crowds make me very uncomfortable. I would rather spend the day with a tree than share a dance floor with throngs of sweating bodies....unlike some folks I know.

13. Duh

14. Depends when you ask me. Right now I’m preferring the quiet and serenity of country life but that’s probably b/c I have no idea what quiet and serenity are!