Big city living

[rbaney]

Most of the people on this very site live in the city and just pose as country.

If you can't walk out your back door and rattle off a full mag of .556 without someone calling the cops, you live in the city. I couldn't imagine living where someone had a say in what I did on my own land. HOA Whaaaaaat?

lol

Exactly this, I have my own shooting range outside my house only 100 yards but still it's there and never closes. Nor do I need a permit to go shoot. Lived in Oklahoma City area for 17 years or so. Had to drive about an hour to get to a 100 yard range and have a permit or hunting license to use the area. I prefer what I have now an its what I had as a kid. The old homestead is now mine. Rural yes 25-30 minutes to closest town. I grew up with this and wouldn't change it.

 

[Crusader]

I (like backyardbandit, posted above) live in the greater STL area, on the southwest side. Actually in the northern end of a rural county (a conservative, red one), adjoining STL county. We are in a large development that has a lake and we have heavily wooded common ground behind us. Have deer in our yard almost daily, coyotes around, as well as raccoons. Yet I can be in the heart of downtown at Busch stadium in about 40 minutes. We have tons of shopping, eating, car dealership options, within 20 minutes of us. We have family farm property (260 acres) in NE MO, about 160 miles from us. GREAT whitetail and turkey hunting; can get up there whenever I want. Have hunting buddies with which I do western hunts every couple of years or so. Have lots of great recreational opportunities just a few hours away in the Ozarks. Given that me and my wife grew up in this region and our families (siblings on both sides and their kids) and our grown daughters all live in this area, we want to be here near them. Plus lots of friends, church stuff, etc. is around. With all this I figure I have pretty much the best of both worlds and am really not lacking anything.

So yes, as has been said several times earlier in this thread, to each, his own. Whatever works for you!

 

[Szwampdonkey]

My brother in law lives in Chicago. What a waste of space he spends all his free time staring at his phone, his laptop, or his tv. His wife and kids are the same, it’s sad. They are like people without souls.

He is pretty arrogant too despite not knowing how to do anything for himself or having really any apparent interests outside of just living in Chicago? He told us once he is “more cultured” than my wife and i cause we live in a small rural town.

I’d reckon most urbanites value very shallow things, namely shopping at over priced stores, eating at overpriced restaurants, and generally just wasting money on shallow useless things. I say that as that is all they want to do when we visit them.

 

[Szwampdonkey]

LoL if you think Kansas City is too urban or has appreciable traffic. Honestly KC barely qualifies as a city, it’s mostly a 80 mile circle of suburbs. It’s like a 2/10 compared to Chicago/LA/Atlanta. If anything KC’s problem is that it’s too spread out for a city of its size and doesn’t really have concentrated urban core at lets you walk and take advantage of the city upsides.

The reality of choosing to live in a city is nearly 100% economic. It generally provides opportunities for education, higher wages and stability if one employer or industry takes a downturn than a rural environment. That’s why most people live there even if it’s a worse environment. Also most cities have some areas/suburbs with top tier schools. In the KC area you buy a house in the Southwest Kansas suburbs so your kids can go to a top 10 in the nation public school district.

Cities do have some upsides and I’m not a big “city person” but I have lived in a town of 16,000 and a city of 7 million people in a high rise apartment and anything in between. Cities have way better food and entertainment than rural places. Ever eat at a Michelin star restaurant out in the country? Want to go to a pro sports game or a concert on a weeknight? Sure no problem buy the ticket and go after work and walk/take the train and have as many beers as you want because you don’t have to drive home. Want to be close to an airport with direct flights most anywhere in the country and lots of international options a city definitely wins out. If you travel for work you can literally save 1 day per week living near a good airport versus taking 3 flights to get anywhere or driving 4 hours to an airport.

Everyone in an urban environment could benefit from living in the country and everyone in the country would be better having lived a year in a city. It creates diverse life experience and perspective.

Those things you mention as an upside to living in a city are pretty shallow. There are zero benefits to living in cities, especially large ones. I’d rather eat some fresh caught Walleye than a Michelin star restaurant. City people never seem to understand that the rest of us truly don’t care about that sort of stupid stuff. My Chicago brother in law talks like you.

 

[CorbLand]

Those things you mention as an upside to living in a city are pretty shallow. There are zero benefits to living in cities, especially large ones. I’d rather eat some fresh caught Walleye than a Michelin star restaurant. City people never seem to understand that the rest of us truly don’t care about that sort of stupid stuff. My Chicago brother in law talks like you.

Its almost like people have different preferences and what they deem as important in their life.

 

[Cfriend]

[QUOTE=" I’d reckon most urbanites value very shallow things, namely shopping at over priced stores, eating at overpriced restaurants, and generally just wasting money on shallow useless things. I say that as that is all they want to do when we visit them.[/QUOTE]

I don't think those things are necessarily shallow.

Whose to say that eating at an "overpriced restaurant" is more shallow than spending $1200 dollars to get an elk tag? Elk is about the most overpricedmeat I've ever had.

Everyone spends their money on the things they value. It sounds pretty arrogant to say theirs is more shallow than ours. Ultimately we are all just spending money on entertainment - and I would say us hunters tend to buy more overpriced stuff than most people do.

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[elkyinzer]

Lots of fun and way more money to be had in big cities, but I'd rather visit at this point in life. The traffic and lack of space, no thanks.

We live in a college town it's a little best of both worlds. Convenience, stuff to do, no real traffic or crime, public schools are good. 10 minutes is a long drive across town. Not really interested in living in BFE either where a trip to the hardware store is half a day commitment. There is some light , noise, and woke pollution but you get used to it.

 

[Kurts86]

Those things you mention as an upside to living in a city are pretty shallow. There are zero benefits to living in cities, especially large ones.

I’ll add another that isn’t particularly shallow. There is vastly better access to medical care in a city. If you ever have a sick kid, a high risk pregnancy or a parent going through cancer treatment it does make it quite a bit easier to manage.

My son had a 1/30,000 birth defect and my wife needed 2x per week imagining at a specialized children’s hospital the last 2 months of her pregnancy. We live 15 minutes from a major regional children’s hospital and it took the edge off from a difficult time. You would be in the waiting room talking to people that were driving 4 hours to get the same hyper specialized care and often staying overnight to make appointments. That’s a definite advantage to living in or near an urban area.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Exactly this, I have my own shooting range outside my house only 100 yards but still it's there and never closes. Nor do I need a permit to go shoot. Lived in Oklahoma City area for 17 years or so. Had to drive about an hour to get to a 100 yard range and have a permit or hunting license to use the area. I prefer what I have now an its what I had as a kid. The old homestead is now mine. Rural yes 25-30 minutes to closest town. I grew up with this and wouldn't change it.

I also have my own 200 yard range I set up on the outside of one of my pastures. I only bow hunt but enjoy shooting my pistols and ar and rifles. I couldn’t imagine having to drive somewhere to shoot my guns. Let alone pay to do it at these public ranges.

I will take local fresh caught fish fried, wild pigs I shoot while deer hunting cooked in the smoker, and veggies from the garden over a restaurant everyday.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

I’ll add another that isn’t particularly shallow. There is vastly better access to medical care in a city. If you ever have a sick kid, a high risk pregnancy or a parent going through cancer treatment it does make it quite a bit easier to manage.

My son had a 1/30,000 birth defect and my wife needed 2x per week imagining at a specialized children’s hospital the last 2 months of her pregnancy. We live 15 minutes from a major regional children’s hospital and it took the edge off from a difficult time. You would be in the waiting room talking to people that were driving 4 hours to get the same hyper specialized care and often staying overnight to make appointments. That’s a definite advantage to living in or near an urban area.

Grandpa drove 140ish miles everyday for like 9-10 weeks for cancer treatment into Cheyenne. That’s the one downside to living in the sticks is a healthcare. If the treatment is a short time frame then you just suck it up and make do.

 

[svivian]

He is pretty arrogant too despite not knowing how to do anything for himself or having really any apparent interests outside of just living in Chicago?

The Irony

 

[dboone3]

I do not know how folk live like this. I have been in missouri for 3 weeks now with family stuff. This state has zero resemblance from when I grew up here.
Around kansas city area all the small towns now seem to be converged into one big traffic jam.
Guess this has given some perspective to how blessed I am to live where I do.
Sitting outside at night trying to enjoy the evening skies and quiet to clear my head is almost useless. The night time here is littered with barking dogs and traffic noise. No wonder world is going crazy.
I am staying roughly 40 minutes south east of Kansas city in what locals call a quiet neighborhood. Recon that just goes to show not all words mean the same thing to everyone.
This has given new/renewed meaning to what busy is!
Absolutely can not wait to get home!

How in the world do you big city guys live like this, year in year out?

What suburb are you in? I'm from that area originally.

 

[Szwampdonkey]

Its almost like people have different preferences and what they deem as important in their life.

Hey, if you value money and obscenely overpriced restaurants over quality of life knock yourself out. Frankly, i’m glad peolple like that crowd into cities and stay there .

 

[fngTony]

Alright here’s the secret reason to live in the city……Taco trucks!!! There I said it now tell me where to find one in the middle of nowhere .

 

[CorbLand]

Hey, if you value money and obscenely overpriced restaurants over quality of life knock yourself out. Frankly, i’m glad peolple like that crowd into cities and stay there .

I would rather suck start a shotgun than live in a big city but I can recognize why people like it, admit that there are some advantages and not put people down because they like the other side of the same coin.

 

[ReaptheHeat]

Unfortunately you can't get away from the "city" people anymore in Colorado. Its all the time now that they are at the trailheads or your shooting spot in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Poser]

I would rather suck start a shotgun than live in a big city but I can recognize why people like it, admit that there are some advantages and not put people down because they like the other side of the same coin.

I lived in 2 mid sized cities, around 1 million each. In the actual cities, too, not out in the suburbs. I enjoyed the aspects of having a fairly compact life. Everything was in walking distance: barber, mechanic, a bar for every mood, multiple grocery stores etc. I’d run into my plumber, mechanic or my insurance agent walking in the neighborhood. Everything was surprisingly “tight knit” as your neighborhood is basically a small town. I enjoyed it in many ways. That livability aspect definitely is something I prioritize. Even though I now live in a town of
That being said, suburban living is bullshit. You get all of the negative aspects of living in an urban area with few or none of the benefits. You get many of the negative attributes of rural living without any of the benefits.

 

[Fowl Play]

Most of the people on this very site live in the city and just pose as country.

If you can't walk out your back door and rattle off a full mag of .556 without someone calling the cops, you live in the city. I couldn't imagine living where someone had a say in what I did on my own land. HOA Whaaaaaat?

lol

Hey now! I must live in the country then. I usually call my monthly mag dump of .556 out the bedroom window “ keeping the rent low” but good to know it puts me in the club.

 

[Szwampdonkey]

I would rather suck start a shotgun than live in a big city but I can recognize why people like it, admit that there are some advantages and not put people down because they like the other side of the same coin.

Well, that’s an opinion and nothing more. Me, i see nothing good about cities other than they attract the type of people who live in them the same way fly strips attract flies.

I’m dumbfounded that anyone could spend a day in a place like Chicago and then actually want to stay and subject themselves to that urban filth and lack of culture indefinitely.

 

[CorbLand]

Well, that’s an opinion and nothing more. Me, i see nothing good about cities other than they attract the type of people who live in them the same way fly strips attract flies.

I’m dumbfounded that anyone could spend a day in a place like Chicago and then actually want to stay and subject themselves to that urban filth and lack of culture indefinitely.

Yep, same as yours just being an opinion. The major difference is I don’t act like my opinion is supremely superior to others.

Its almost like that has been the point of my responses.