Each has positives and negatives.
The city life has the advantages of being able to get by with walking or taking a bus/rail/subway wherever you need to go and there tends to be a lot of places nearby that are easy to get to. There are lots of entertainment choices and businesses. Some issues with it are population congestion, pollution, crime, and housing is usually limited to apartments/condos/old attached houses.
The suburbs offer mostly houses ranging from starter homes to mansions. Something for just about everyone. You can usually get to just about anywhere in the city within 20-30 minutes. There are plenty of entertainment choices, but you pretty much have to own your own vehicle. The schools in the suburbs are probably the best of all the areas. There is crime, but not nearly as bad as the city.
The country offers less population allowing for larger areas of land per houses. It is much more peaceful with very little crime. You can go out hunting, fishing, or grow your own food. It tends to be a long drive 30+ minutes to get to most of the entertainment options. Not all homes have the same utilities offered by the suburban areas.
The wilderness takes you back to life similar to what it was like for the pioneers of our country. You pretty much live by yourself with no one to bother you. You have so much nature to explore that hasn't been adversely affected by man. You pretty much have to live off the land so hunting and foraging are required. You are cutoff from the outside world so any type of emergency and your SOL.
Those are just some positives and negatives just thrown in there off the top of my head. So excuse anything you think I left out. Me personally, I have lived in the suburbs all my life. I would prefer to have some land and have less neighbors, but I don't want to do without things like affordable high speed internet, city water, and entertainment options that don't take 30 minutes or more to get to. I also don't want to live in an apartment/condo with neighbors right up next to you. So I would likely always be in the suburbs.
The city life has the advantages of being able to get by with walking or taking a bus/rail/subway wherever you need to go and there tends to be a lot of places nearby that are easy to get to. There are lots of entertainment choices and businesses. Some issues with it are population congestion, pollution, crime, and housing is usually limited to apartments/condos/old attached houses.
The suburbs offer mostly houses ranging from starter homes to mansions. Something for just about everyone. You can usually get to just about anywhere in the city within 20-30 minutes. There are plenty of entertainment choices, but you pretty much have to own your own vehicle. The schools in the suburbs are probably the best of all the areas. There is crime, but not nearly as bad as the city.
The country offers less population allowing for larger areas of land per houses. It is much more peaceful with very little crime. You can go out hunting, fishing, or grow your own food. It tends to be a long drive 30+ minutes to get to most of the entertainment options. Not all homes have the same utilities offered by the suburban areas.
The wilderness takes you back to life similar to what it was like for the pioneers of our country. You pretty much live by yourself with no one to bother you. You have so much nature to explore that hasn't been adversely affected by man. You pretty much have to live off the land so hunting and foraging are required. You are cutoff from the outside world so any type of emergency and your SOL.
Those are just some positives and negatives just thrown in there off the top of my head. So excuse anything you think I left out. Me personally, I have lived in the suburbs all my life. I would prefer to have some land and have less neighbors, but I don't want to do without things like affordable high speed internet, city water, and entertainment options that don't take 30 minutes or more to get to. I also don't want to live in an apartment/condo with neighbors right up next to you. So I would likely always be in the suburbs.
