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Do you love the city/place that you live in?
For those of you in London, do you once a week/month or so find yourself thinking "I love London"?
- Nope, the opposite - I have to constantly refrain from reminding my partner that the only reason I'm in this shitting city is because she changed her mind.detritus
- ..I used to though.
First 10-15 years were great, but I'm old now and I'd prefer to live away and then perhaps visit for a weekend once a year.detritus - Yes.thumb_screws
- Yes to the first question. And a past tense half yes for the second questionthumb_screws
- I do, small city, close enough to Lisbon, 10 minutes from the beach, 5 min drive to work, mild weather...dmay
- Yes. Very much so.monospaced
- I live in Brighton, UK, and I absolutely love it, and most people that live here do to. It's a very happy, creative, open minded, community focused small city********
- We have the beach one side and the south downs the other, and london is an hour away on the train. As far as the UK goes, it's perfect.********
- I'm getting a queasy stomach just thinking about my impending plan to move back to London...shapesalad
- myeh, you'll be fine - if it's entirely novel, then it's good, if you've been away for a while, it's probably ok.detritus
- @dmay It sounds like my idea of utopia.shapesalad
- Also Brighton. Also love it. I swim in the sea on my lunch breaks. Back in a bit.MrBixler
- Only been to Brighton once... my gf at time was shouted at by a drunk and it just seemed meh.shapesalad
- Most people come to brighton and head straight for the beach and the pier and a few roads close by, and I can fully understand why that experience would be meh********
- It's mostly full of drunk cunts a tourists down that way. Fuck down that way.********
- loved London, now its just Pret-HQ. Everything that was cool and unique has almost gone - minus a few pockets. The air is killing me and I have to wall aroundmugwart
- with a air mask on & get horrific looks.
But I cant imagine myself in countryside. Bore the shit out of me but I want to grow my own food...I'm confused!mugwart - live in hackney and yeah, still love it
although have no idea about the city south of the riverBluejam - The cool stuff's there, mugwart - it's just moved outward. Fuckloads of kultcha up here in Haringey, etc. I'm just old and don't much value it any more...detritus
- South is brilliant Bluejam - I'm in Brockley, amazing place.mugwart
- Your right @det - its just become an even more cooperate evil beast. Seeing communities and hubs dry up.mugwart
- I love Toronto.i_monk
- Rarely leave Hackney, it's one of the few places in London that I still like. I really don't like West End which I avoid as much as possible..dee-dubs
- I really like living in Madrid, good weather, food, still fairly cheap and you can walk everywhere. Still not perfect but pretty close.Chimp
- I hate it....I wish I was back home in London.see_thru
- big city life is tough. no doubt about it. is there anyone here living in a big city and loving it? anyone that isn't in the 1 percentage?********
- It's more like love and hatepango
- Yes. Live about 30 mins drive outside city. Or a nice 1 hour by bike. Rivers and mountains on my doorstep. Privacy, clean air, space. Having a joint in....pedromendez
- ...total silence looking at the stars at night is really great too.pedromendez
- central london in the summer, crammed with tourists and stinky taxis. sadly it's becoming a doughnut city - all the interesting stuff happens zones 2-3hans_glib
- yep, love belfast. lived in london for 4 years, gives me the heebie jeebies when I go there now. sister lives in brighton and it's great. any excuse to go therekingsteven
- and sheffield, glasgow.kingsteven
- In Japan now (Tokyo area). Vastly different from nyc where I lived since 2000. Getting used to it, but finding work is challenging if you don’t speak Japanese.antimotion
- I really dig. Just different ways of going about. just try to make the best of it and connect with folks You can relate to. Stay strong and true to yourself.antimotion