Adapting to a rural vs. urban lifestyle (live, state, place)

[texx]

I was wondering about this as changing lifestyles can be very difficult no matter where but the question is:

Is it more difficult to adapt to a urban enviroment from a rural area or is it more difficult to adapt to a rural enviroment from an urban area?

[musicislife.glee]

I found it difficult to adapt to a rural area, coming from an urban area (Philadelphia).
For me, it was difficult because in a rural area, you have to drive everywhere, because nothing is close to your house like it is in a city.
There aren't many things that I like to do, in a rural area. This could definitely be different for another person coming from an urban area. It all really depends on your personal preference.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by musicislife.glee

I found it difficult to adapt to a rural area, coming from an urban area (Philadelphia).
For me, it was difficult because in a rural area, you have to drive everywhere, because nothing is close to your house like it is in a city.
There aren't many things that I like to do, in a rural area. This could definitely be different for another person coming from an urban area. It all really depends on your personal preference.

Agree, it really depends on the individual. Some may have no issue either way, and some in only one direction. This is likely very specific to the inividual.

[Alacran]

When I go visit fam in a country ish small town area ... I feel out of place.

I wanna get a hot dog or something... I gotta drive more then 3 miles minimum.
Everyone sees what you do in a small town.

You have to think about wether you will go out or not since its such a hassle

[DinsdalePirahna]

I find it easy to live in both environments since I grew up in a very rural area between two farms, yet was close enough to a smaller city to ride my bike into (typical of upstate NY). When I was old enough around 15 or 16 we would take the train into NYC when ever we wanted to.

I have since lived in NYC, DC and Pittsburgh proper. Even Charleston WV could be considered an urban city.

I prefer villages, most of which have the charm, amenities and convenience of big city neighborhoods.

All i really need is a waterway with access to the Ocean, being within 2 or three hours to the Mountains.

[Southern Soul Bro]

What is urban and rural to people though? Mines is more in line with the real definition.

"In the United States there are two categories of urban area. The term urbanized area denotes an urban area of 50,000 or more people. Urban areas under 50,000 people are called urban clusters. Urbanized areas were first delineated in the United States in the 1950 census, while urban clusters were added in the 2000 census. There are 1,371 urban areas and urban clusters with more than 10,000 people"

List of United States urban areas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Truly rural to me is some backwoods area with less than 10,000 people that may not even have a wal mart and everybody goes to the same high school in the town.

However, I see several people on here claiming that anything that IS NOT some ultra dense area such as the BosWash Corridor isnt "really" urban...excluding even cities like Atlanta.

[Sunday1]

Originally Posted by DinsdalePirahna

I prefer villages, most of which have the charm, amenities and convenience of big city neighborhoods.

I totally agree!