sleepy jack

Pollution>Nature.

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Seltzer

Despite a lot of NZ being country (good for parties etc.), I really wouldn't like to live there - it's too cut off for me.

I think living in the city can be good, as long as it's not central Auckland, which is poorly designed, loud and generally an annoying place to live.

I don't know why everyone seems to hate suburbs... maybe NZ/Australian suburbs are different?

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Loser

Yes it is. During an interview he did.

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Any generation that would pick Kurt or me as its spokesman -- that must be a pretty fucked up generation, don't you think?"

15Steps

enjoy your conformity suburbians.

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right-track

Enjoy your cousins, inbred's.

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tahluhabelle

I don't really take that post very seriously either, but considering I am from Long Island I thought I might tell you that we have a very colorful array of nationalities. My town alone houses whites, blacks, Spanish, Indian, Chinese SO ON and so forth. The city is nice but I can understand why many people want to live somewhere their kids can have a backyard and is fairly affordable. Long Island has a lot of affluent areas, tourist areas and where I happen to come from is a not so affluent area.

I like living here because of the culture, the accessibility and tranquility. Its a short drive to the beach, the woods or to New York City. We have history, landmarks and a great mix of people not to mention food and shopping that rivals NYC.

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Loser

Long Island people are snobs...Well the ones's I know atleast.

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"It's just so fuckin' weird. You write about this shit, and you're suddenly the spokesman for a fuckin' generation,......
Any generation that would pick Kurt or me as its spokesman -- that must be a pretty fucked up generation, don't you think?"

jibber

I can understand parents who really want to live in a city and have small children living in the suburbs. Personally, if I ever had kids, I'd want them to grow up in a small town with wilderness areas right in their backyard. enjoying the outdoors is a HUGE part of my life, and I'd want to pass that on to my kids.

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adidasss

Ok first of all, that sounds fucking amazing....it might get lonely after a while, but it'd be well nice to spend a few summer weeks there...
You have a "town house" and what appears to be a ranch of sorts? Did your family drill oil or someshit?

Does Europe actually have suburbs in the sense of this thread (and the opening post's picture)? I can't say I know much about them aside from what I've seen on the telly...:|

I grew up in a village of less than 2000 on an island totaling less than 8000. It's great to grow up in a place like that but less fun to spend your entire life in it. The winters here are spooky, it's almost like living in the far north, when the wind comes down from the mountain, there's absolutely no one outside past 4pm. There are little to no job opportunities, if you're gay you'll never get laid, if you're straight much the same...people are backward, unfriendly and uneducated, knowing how to use a computer puts you in the "weird hacker crowd" etc...but I wouldn't really want to be anywhere else in the summer, and certainly not on the hot asphalt of the city...sadly, you have to chose the lesser evil...the city offers so much more, cinema, restaurants, fast food, clubs, schools, hospitals, dentists etc...you don't want to be on a desolate island if you're having a heart attack and the nearest hospital is hours away.....:|

I think I've found a good enough compromise, I study and live most of the year in a city of a little less that 200 thousand. Not much crime, not too many people, still retains the somewhat laid back Mediterraneans atmosphere and has almost everything I need.

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savannah

lol no,....not oil,.....

i'm sure the cost of living here is much cheaper than it is there,......and neither of the houses were 'large',.....but fit us nicely,.....

about five years or so mom and my step dad moved to pheniox az for work, they are both polygraph examiners, and let the town house go,....which is fine, i have dallas friends,.....though i'm currently lookin into a condo purchase myself,......

mom is still on the farm,.....its much to small to be a ranch, its only ten acres,....but all the land around it is taken up by cattle pasture and hay meddows,.......so its not like there's many houses out there,....though over the past few years a few have been built,.......none of them are within view of each other and everyone is pretty private, though if anyone needed something they are all friendly enough to pick up the phone, or just hop the fence,......

you know, it doesnt get very lonely,.....i mean its not like we travel by horse and wagon and it takes forever to stop by your neighbors for a 'visit',......BUT when you dont want anyone to vist, you just shut the gate,.......my friends know if my gate is shut and you pull up in my yard and i'm not expecting you, i'm prolly gonna meet you on the porch with a shot gun,.......

but yep, it was a lovely way to grow up, and to currently live

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