Where would you live, Times Square or some place in the country?

I’ve been to Times Square and I live in the country.

Give me the quiet and solitude of the country every time.

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If I lived somewhere out on the country, I’d have to get someone like my parents to drive me to concerts. And that’s not cool, man

In the country!!! I don’t like the lights, the noise, the people, or the traffic. I do like Broadway shows, but not enough to live next door to the theaters.

The country so I can enjoy stars not dimmed by city or town lights, no sirens, no gunning of engines, no helicopters or planes. I want to hear and not just feel a breeze, smell the scent of some nature around me and also experience the sounds of creatures like roosters, bird trills, the frantic flap of bats at nights and random scurryings in bushes.

People don’t much want to live in Times Square so far as I know, but I would love a beautiful pre-war classic 7 on Central Park West in the 80s, and a country Estate in Northern Dutchess County,

Ahh, the old fresh air/Times Square conundrum. Give me Times Square any day!

“Darlin’ I love you, but give me Park Avenue!”

Neither! because both can get uber tiring – so I’d say one day there and one day there

If that’s the only choice, I’d take the country, though I just adore a penthouse view. The far side of Oxfordshire’d be about right. Or somewhere around Sevenoaks, Kent.

@janbb took the words right out of my mouth! I do get allergic smelling hay – I’d take Park Avenue over bales of hay any day…

Country. I would rather have to choose the noise when I want it then have it there all the time.

I loved living in NYC but it wasn’t on Times Square, it was York Avenue overlooking the East River. NY is such a great place, you can find just about any thing, animal, vegetable or mineral, in that city.

Now I live 250 k from the nearest town and it is okay but I am sick of it now. I want the convenience of semi-city living. My next stop is hopefully somewhere close to Adelaide.

So to answer your question, I am happy that I have had the opportunity to try (almost) both options and I enjoyed them both. I think the city is better (but when I was sick of city living, I would have said the opposite – I am a victim of the grass is always greener, malcontent syndrome!)

a country area, but not so far into the country that i have to take an hour ride to get groceries.

i used to crave city life, but now i’d like to be somewhere with trees. i don’t want constant noise and concrete and reminders of how materialistic and obnoxious the human race is.
though i do like the bumble of city life to an extent.

@rooeytoo – You raise a good point.

I lived in Alameda across the bay from San Francisco and loved it for all the reasons you mentioned.

Now I live 20 min. outside of a semi major city and prefer it.

I do miss the food options late at night though.

If those are my only two options, Times Square. I can handle the overload of noise to all senses, and I’d much rather be in a location conveniently near stores, etc. And it may be nice not having to drive.
Though if I can have a write-in answer, I pick coastal Washington or Oregon.

I would love to live in La Jolla if money is no object – my kind of country.

Times Square would be intriguing, but perhaps too much glitz. The country might be banal. But every place has its good and bad points, thus I would adapt equally well to either, make my life, and enjoy what is thrown my way.

New York is where I’d rather stay. I get alergic smelling hay.
I’m a city boy, born and raised. Give me Times Square over Hooterville any day.

I live in the country now. To me,any city is too noisy and crowded. I like it where it’s quiet and you can see the stars!

This is a hard choice. I’m a city boy, born and raised, just like @AstroChuck (city boys are awesome) and so I’m inclined to choose that (I do like NYC). I love cities because of the culture and the arts and the variety and quantity of activities to do there, but then again, there’s the desire to try something new and therefore, I’ll go with the country, providing that it’s not too far out in the middle of nowhere. Podunk, SD vs. NYC, I’l go with NYC. I don’t want to live in a poor town where everyone is a coal miner, but I want a big house in the country like those places south of Sacramento along the river. They own tons of land and are not too far from a big city, but when you’re there it feels like you’re in the middle of nowhere, it’s all agricultural, and I think that would be cool, not to mention it’s beautiful there.

Ideally, though, I want to live in a suburb with nice unique houses (not a McMansion suburb like San Ramon or Dublin cough) but a place like Los Altos Hills (yes, I know it’s very wealthy), but it’s such a nice place and it’s right near San Jose and not too far from San Francisco. Where I currently live is nice because I live in a big city, but I live in a separate house, not an apartment or a town house or a flat, and it has two yards and stuff like that. Living in NYC would mean an apartment, guaranteed, and I don’t like the idea of not having my own house.

Id like to be in the country. There are WAY to many people in the middle of NYC. Theres nothing better than the feeling of solitude imo.

The country, I have an adverse reaction to towns larger than 500,000 people. I’ve live in area of about 400,000 people, and that’s about my limit. In the country, I can listen to the owls hoot, the coyotes howl, and if I want to shoot my gun for target practice or hunting, I can and no one has a right to complain. If I want to run around my yard in the buff, there is no one to call the cops and bitch about it. my definition of hell is other people The stars in the country look like you can reach right up and touch them. Only in the country can you actually see one of the arms of the Milky Way. Such a view is priceless.

You can take the boy out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the boy.

The country, would be my ideal place to live. I say this only cause I just basically moved from the outskirts of Lemoore, Ca I found it very relaxing, and loved the fact that I could see wildlife there that I couldn’t see in the city. Plus driving around was a piece of cake. I never had to worry about traffic jams, and people flipping me off. The best thing was that it was relaxing.

hands down, I’d go with Times Square. I would love to live there, always something to go out and do. I get so bored going back home to visit family (they live out in the middle of no where). We end up just watching TV, or sitting outside talking. I can only appreciate so much of the same ole stuff.

Country. Northwoods to be exact. I would rather be surrounded by trees and water instead of concrete and people. Everything that I enjoy involves being outside in the woods or water. You can’t get that in Times Square. Plus I hate crowds!

So…

I wish your answer had included a clause for identifying specific times in history, as history, like in venturing into the past, for me, would be the direction I would go to seek the better days enjoyed by the two options you have illustrated for perusal.

Sorry. It seems as if your question has evoked some nostalgic pining – and possibly an array of anxious twinges and suppressed emotions. Oh, don’t fret, I’ll get through this. And I promise, I will never, ever, hold you personally responsible. I mean, I did choose to click: Answer this question.

The edgy gritty qualities of Times Square which beckoned me as a young boy, to come and compete for a piece of the pie, has transformed into a dizzying spectacle of corporate dominance, in the shape of a familiar oasis on our planet akin to the Mall of America. Everything familiar and comfortable from the pages of America’s Pop Culture and Cuisine resides there now. So. Not much that is uniquely Times Square is there anymore, to me. So…

Somewhere in the great state of Maine, there used to be this beautiful little lake, and the Bass fishing was outstanding. We would rent a cottage, a small canoe, and some antique looking gear, to fish for our supper from sunrise to sunset. Yes, we were anglers, roasting fish over a campfire long into the night. Where is that lake today? Neglect, and acid rain, has all but diminished the catch, and the cottages have been left to rot, as they await the bulldozers prepping new foundations for a string of pink plastic condos. No one believed, and I guess that no one fought hard enough. It’s all gone now. So…

In the middle of both destinations, there used to be a hot dog stand. All of the busses and cars would stop by the thousands each day to chow down on delicious foot longs, fries and real fizzy soft drinks. Everyone, including me, was on their way, traveling between Times Square and the country. Now, just a few hundred yards away, there sits this enormous interstate highway, with tolls and high-octane coffee bars, perfectly designed to speed up the journey from Times Square to that lake in Maine and back again. And you can do just that, as you by-pass the hot dog stand, which is now a sculpture to the history of progress in America, in the form of a jagged pile of dried timber and rusted ash in the overgrown weeds on the side of a road. So…

So… I want it all. I want both. Yet, what are currently left for me to choose from are, yes, indeed both, but not at all any bit of the both I truly remember.

So…?

I just spent nine days utterly alone in the woods. I’ll take that over the city any day.

@petethepothead That sounds like heaven!

I just got back to the country after two days in NYC. Can’t wait to get the hell out of here and back to the city again…

I love times square but think it would get old after awhile- i would pick somewhere near sheridan , wyoming- ha! @rooeytoo I’m from adelaide….

I’m in Acadia on Mt. Desert Island, Maine right now and I have to say my heart sings when I’m up here. If it weren’t so far from anywhere else and so friggin’ cold in the winter…..

I think living anywhere near NYC would drive me crazy pretty quickly. Too many people, crowds, noise, traffic. I would pick the quiet country over Times Square anyday.

Time Square for me. Always felt like a big city girl..