Where you live vs. Convenience & Comfort

I used to live in the rural area where there are trees, wide garden, near the beaches and mountains. Right now, I live in the Urban City where you can see everything - malls, convenient store, etc. You can see the traffic and the pollution. I rent my apartment because it is accessible to wherever I go. Of course, it is always convenient and comfortable to stay in the rural because it is fresher and you are cose to nature, but the convenience and comfort in the urban city is different when you work there.

The village I live in is very small. It is considered "country", 'though we are on the Australian coastline. We only have about 800 residents. A car is essential as we have no public transport, except for the daily school bus. The village has a petrol station, pub, primary school and post office - nothing else. All other services are located in neighbouring towns. My teenage sons tell me it is boring here, mainly because most of their friends don't live in our village and there is no cinema, skating rink, skate park etc and there are no opportunities for after-school work. I can see their points and, for their sakes, I am looking for a house in a larger town. However, I love it where we are. Our house backs on to sugarcane plantations that go for miles. One of life's great pleasures for me, is watching the sugarcane be burnt. The fires are awesome to behold. We have a river a 5 minute stroll away and a beautiful, secluded beach that goes for at least 20 kilometres in either direction. City kids would love it here. I love the peace and quiet here and being able to commune with nature. Being such a small place, strangers are noticed and I feel safe. "Good location" means different things to different people. Sure, having all the required services within close proximity has it's benefits but, yes, I'd trade convenience for peace and security anyday.

I have always lived in peaceful suburb, away from the shops and the crowd. I would not live in a crowded place if you payed me to live there. And after spending 30 years in the city, I have gone bush and i live on a farm, miles away from the nearest shop. I go into town and do my shopping for two weeks. I love the peace and quiet of the country.

we live in the burbs. sounds like you live in a great place. i am a couple of blocks away from a plaza if you go east and another plaza if you go south so its not too bad.

Right now our family lives in a townhouse complex which is located right behind a busy street. Behind our complex is a nice creek with a path to walk along, feed the ducks, pick berries...its quite nice. In the front there is many restaurants, gas stations, convenience stores, and a mall about 2 blocks away, its actually a perfect location. Everything close, but also the quiet in the back.

Convenience was something that always attracted me more when looking for a place to live. i think that comfort has taken that spot now. i would rather be comfortable than to be convenienced.

The only thing that I can really complain about is how fast people drive up and down my street. They fly by. It scares me because of the girls and my dogs. Other than that..it's great. I'm located in a very convenient area but a bit secluded too. I have a view of a barn and a field that borders my backyard but can jump in a car and be at the store in seconds. I am close to work and school. My girls are close to their schools too.

I grew up on a farm and nothing was convenent! If you wanted anything you either had to drive 4 miles to the nearest town.If you wanted to go shopping,like for clothes,you had to drive 30 miles to the nearest city! When I moved to the city I live in nothing was convent! You had to drive to other parts of the city to get anything! I still live in the same city but somewhere else. The laundry mat is convent and so is the Walgreens. There are 2 Walmarts.One on the south and on one on the north side. They are in driving distance and when i need to get something after work they are real ocnvenent!

I don't doubt you that there are questionable and troublesome people downtown..I believe it 100%. I feel the same way about downtown Minneapolis (city where I live) although I find downtown to be anything BUT convenient. It's more like a pain in the ***!! First, parking sucks. I mean, I've never lived downtown, but I'm assuming that you have to buy some crazy parking contract with your apartment or townhouse lease or whatever - second of all, driving downtown sucks. I'm not really a timid driver, and I gotta tell you..Downtown drives me crazy! You have taxis, bikers, busses, a medley of drunk pedestrians, one ways, and being that it's a big business district, constant traffic. We also have about 5 venues for concerts, and 1 sports center where events are constantly taking place..Which makes it even more of a pain in the butt. I love downtown, although it's a bit overrated, it IS gorgeous and fun and exciting. I just wouldn't want to live downtown. I live happily about 1 1/2 miles from downtown. We're still in the city, although not right in the CENTER of it. We deal with a lot of questionable characters as well, mainly because we are about 6 blocks from the 'hood. I probably wouldn't want to raise kids here (I would rather be tucked away safely in the suburbs when that happens) but for me, it works out pretty well. The commute's good, it's relatively safe, and I know where just about everything is. It's nice. lol.

I would say my location just sucks. Not much around a few gas stations, a grocery store, and a dollar store within a few blocks away. But the area like you mentioned attracts unwanted kinds of people. I can't really walk to any of these places at night so that is not so convenient. I would much rather live in the suburbs and have to wait till my hubby gets home to go anywhere. It would be much quieter. I would just make sure to stock up on the things we need.

We currently and have always lived in the suburbs. I actually wouldn't trade this lifestyle for the world. We have about a 5-10 minute drive to get to the store, but this means that there isn't nearly as much hustle and bustle where we live as there would be if we were to live in an apartment or something like that. Additionally, our current house is at the end of a court so there isn't traffic coming into and out of our street so it means that it is a lot safer for our two children.

The area I lived in is very convenient. When I need groceries or the usual services, all it took was a 10min bicycle ride, other things that we need are easily accessible by public transport too. What I wished was that I lived nearer to the train station, the best is if I could have just walked instead of having to take a bus everyday there and back, it can be quite a hassle.

I grew up in a small town but just near the center of it. It was convenient coz it's near the market, church and the bus stop. When I completed my Bachelor Degree, it doesn't seem to be a convenient as it was since I need to earn for a living. I am most comfortable when I am at home but I had given up comfort for better job opportunities and career stability. I left my hometown and lived in a small apartment in the city. Currently, my apartment is just enough for me. I have a bed to sleep and cabinets to store my clothes and belongings. It is not so comfortable but it's very convenient for me. I got my job, it's near the biggest shopping mall, near the hospital and market, in short, it's very accessible. And I am contented with the place I am staying in now. ^_^

I am living in a boarding house/hostel, my neighbours are from different countries, in our house there are student from 6 different nationalities and I really enjoy with them, I dont have any problem in dealing with them, I never find any bad thing in them, we share a good communication and help each other. Now the location of my campus/hostel is not so good, it is far from town and shopping area, we only have 3 shops in the whole campus serving more than 3000 student and this is really frustrating, although students also go to near by markets if they have their own car. Senior or married student living in the town have such kind of problem, as you mentioned in security point of view, but inside my house I dont have any sort of problem... God bless you....

I live in one of the most major cites anywhere and it is quite ideal as anyone can go just about anywhere via car, public transportation and or foot. We have businesses just about every few feet. However it is quite expensive to live here so there is where the drawback can be.