Living in a town

[Paddington]

The village people thread showed that many TFF members lived in towns and cities at some time in their lives but ,town living has some advantages.
There's a few I can think of;
1) Choice, in the country you are often limited to one shop, one pub, one garage, one cafe etc Hobsons choice, unless you are prepared to travel miles.
2) Mains drainage, just flush the loo and it's gone, no messing about with drain rods and getting tanks emptied at short notice
3) Transport, use the car or hop on a train or bus or call a taxi
4) Business opening hours, there's competition in a town so businesses will stay open longer, try getting a haircut in the evening in the country, or doing your weekly shop after 8pm.
5) Cinemas, theatres etc
What aspects of urban living do you miss?

 

[Gong Farmer]

Mains gas and as you say, mains drainage. Nothing else.

 

[D14]

The village people thread showed that many TFF members lived in towns and cities at some time in their lives but ,town living has some advantages.
There's a few I can think of;
1) Choice, in the country you are often limited to one shop, one pub, one garage, one cafe etc Hobsons choice, unless you are prepared to travel miles.
2) Mains drainage, just flush the loo and it's gone, no messing about with drain rods and getting tanks emptied at short notice
3) Transport, use the car or hop on a train or bus or call a taxi
4) Business opening hours, there's competition in a town so businesses will stay open longer, try getting a haircut in the evening in the country, or doing your weekly shop after 8pm.
5) Cinemas, theatres etc
What aspects of urban living do you miss?

Theres a difference living rurally though, in scotland for example to northants. You can be rural in northants but still 30 mins from a major town/city with hundreds of choice of shops but still have it very quiet where you actually live.
Scotland however out in the sticks then yes you are right with the lack of choice of shops etc.

 

[David.]

We lived in the village whilst children were at both primary and secondary school, so they could easily walk themselves. That was a benefit not to be underestimated, especially when we were busy.
Can't think of much else good about it.
Now live on farmyard and just so much more convenient.

 

[JP1]

As @D14 said, it's a broad definition.

11 years ago I moved and lived in a non serviced rural village but 7 miles from market town (which should be Suffolk's County town IMHO) but now several serviced villages have expanded and with good communications to Cambridge etc etc . Kids still don't cycle tpo school on their own like they do from much further radii in The Netherlands

I could never do it but within a Metropolitan commuter ring (especially London) you can get "things" like food, Amazon deliveries almost by the hour at any hour. Good food retailers, good restaurant with choice of cuisine, better theatre and live venues etc

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I'm like universal

 

[GeorgeK]

My parents live on the farm I live 10 mins away in Market Harborough. I like it, 5 supermarkets within a 5 minute walk, many pubs, takeaways, swimming pool, gyms (some of that seems a long time ago). So long as you have a bit of space, quiet road, decent garage and garden it can be very pleasant. All my problems end at my driveway, blocked drains, fly tipping, tree falls down in the park not my concern.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

The village people thread showed that many TFF members lived in towns and cities at some time in their lives but ,town living has some advantages.
There's a few I can think of;
1) Choice, in the country you are often limited to one shop, one pub, one garage, one cafe etc Hobsons choice, unless you are prepared to travel miles.
2) Mains drainage, just flush the loo and it's gone, no messing about with drain rods and getting tanks emptied at short notice
3) Transport, use the car or hop on a train or bus or call a taxi
4) Business opening hours, there's competition in a town so businesses will stay open longer, try getting a haircut in the evening in the country, or doing your weekly shop after 8pm.
5) Cinemas, theatres etc
What aspects of urban living do you miss?

Funny I never thought of any of those, being amongst people would be my first though , like bonfire night , seemed like 100,000 people came from no where, you can't party without people can you

 

[yellow belly]

I lived on the farm for 40 years on a busy road but out in the sticks
plenty of Trafic noise

the last 15 years lived in the village
kid could walk to school
pub 5 mins walk away
Chinese 10 mins walk
coop 10 mins walk
nopost Office now but mobile 2 hours most days

would only move back onto a farm if it was off the main road with no traffic noise

would never live in town

True village people are much friendlier

 

[Derrick Hughes]

I lived on the farm for 40 years on a busy road but out in the sticks
plenty of Trafic noise

the last 15 years lived in the village
kid could walk to school
pub 5 mins walk away
Chinese 10 mins walk
coop 10 mins walk
nopost Office now but mobile 2 hours most days

would only move back onto a farm if it was off the main road with no traffic noise

would never live in town

True village people are much friendlier

Town is a broad term . Like verities of flowers, all different in their own way

 

[JP1]

I'm like universal

Good job you posted that on a farming Forum

 

[teslacoils]

I enjoyed going to museums, galleries, theatres and see new stuff or variety. Small town "culture" is maybe a touring play once in a blue moon, and town museum which hasnt changed in 20 years.

Museum Of Lincolnshire Life is really a collection of junk and rusty tat stuffed in an old shed in 1973 and nothing done with it since.

Restaurants than aren't the curry house with the same menu since it opened.

Oooh, buses. That go to places. At proper times.

Oooh. Libraries.

 

[Poorbuthappy]

Decent, reliable Internet.
That's about it.

 

[kfpben]

I lived in Glasgow for four years. Incredible place.

I miss:
The pubs, the clubs, the football (Ibrox), the restaurants, cinemas, sports facilities, mountains nearby, the absolutely wild inhabitants.
Pretty much everything about the city, apart from the increasing levels of flag waving nationalism.

I love my farming but there’s a good reason most people choose to live in cities.

I confess the benefits of mains drainage never crossed my mind!

 

[farmerm]

Not needing a designated driver or taxi to get home after an evening out or being able to walk to the swimming pool to help wake up one up the next morning.

 

[teslacoils]

Oh, evening classes. Comedy clubs. Jazz. Not having to only by shirts at m&s. Book groups not full of knitting biddies. Pubs. Leftie pubs. Right wing pubs.

Pipes that don't freeze. Streets without potholes. Dancing. Kareoke.

Having an airport - not having to drive three hours, park for £100, then get a bus to the airport which *then* makes you change planes at a better airport.

 

[tr250]

My parents live on the farm I live 10 mins away in Market Harborough. I like it, 5 supermarkets within a 5 minute walk, many pubs, takeaways, swimming pool, gyms (some of that seems a long time ago). So long as you have a bit of space, quiet road, decent garage and garden it can be very pleasant. All my problems end at my driveway, blocked drains, fly tipping, tree falls down in the park not my concern.

We lived in harborough too until 2014. 10 min walk home from kings head

 

[GeorgeK]

We lived in harborough too until 2014. 10 min walk home from kings head

Via Flames Grill ! Good times for those willing to forgo standards in the pursuit of a fun night. I hope all these places manage to reopen, tis good for the soul to be able to let one's hair down occasionally

 

[Hampton]

The village people thread showed that many TFF members lived in towns and cities at some time in their lives but ,town living has some advantages.
There's a few I can think of;
1) Choice, in the country you are often limited to one shop, one pub, one garage, one cafe etc Hobsons choice, unless you are prepared to travel miles.
2) Mains drainage, just flush the loo and it's gone, no messing about with drain rods and getting tanks emptied at short notice
3) Transport, use the car or hop on a train or bus or call a taxi
4) Business opening hours, there's competition in a town so businesses will stay open longer, try getting a haircut in the evening in the country, or doing your weekly shop after 8pm.
5) Cinemas, theatres etc
What aspects of urban living do you miss?

Which bit of Shropshire are you from?
The north eastern no mans land close to the Sheep sh...ers? the eastern bit close to the yamyams? That flat boring bit or the hilly bleak bit?

 

[Hampton]

Which bit of Shropshire are you from?
The north eastern no mans land close to the Sheep sh...ers? the eastern bit close to the yamyams? That flat boring bit or the hilly bleak bit?

Or the hell hole known as Telford?