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drmeow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-22-09 10:29 PM
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74. I consider it urban
people who don't know the area think we're a suburb. But our city existed before the "big" city 10 miles away. Being to the west, we've got that "car dependent" situation which can feel more urban than NYC or other east coast/central urban centers. But the city I'm in has good bike paths, sidewalks (I lived in a suburb on Long Island that had not sidewalks - I thought it was the weirdest thing), and decent public transportation (which they are starting to cut due to the economy just as it was starting to get good). I'm about a mile from work, about 1.5 miles from downtown, and a mile from the closest grocery store.
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  -Do You Live In An Urban, Suburban Or Rural Area? KittyWampus  Sep-22-09 06:15 PM   #0 
  - Urban, because of the easy access to mass transit, though many call this area suburban.  kestrel91316   Sep-22-09 06:17 PM   #1 
  - that is an extremely important component and thanks for mentioning.  KittyWampus   Sep-22-09 06:19 PM   #3 
  - Me too.  intheflow   Sep-22-09 09:12 PM   #53 
  - Same here  Raine   Sep-23-09 03:04 AM   #91 
  - What do you mean "can feed/water itself"? nt  Critters2   Sep-22-09 06:19 PM   #2 
  - well water, ground for growing veggies, woods for wild game hunting or waterways for fishing.  KittyWampus   Sep-22-09 06:21 PM   #4 
     - Thanks. nt  Critters2   Sep-22-09 06:21 PM   #5 
  - This used to be rural, now it's suburban...  TexasEditor   Sep-22-09 06:22 PM   #6 
  - Suburban===can't afford urban.  virgogal   Sep-22-09 06:23 PM   #7 
  - In our case,  Igel   Sep-22-09 07:45 PM   #29 
  - Suburban=finally wanted to own a decent car.  Walk away   Sep-22-09 09:01 PM   #46 
     - k i c k  defendandprotect   Sep-24-09 02:26 PM   #97 
  - Semi-rural...  Earth_First   Sep-22-09 06:28 PM   #8 
  - That's how it is in my town too...  pipi_k   Sep-22-09 06:42 PM   #10 
  - Rural. Thick forest, Lots of wildlife. Well water. etc. n/t  pipi_k   Sep-22-09 06:39 PM   #9 
  - New York City  Johnny Noshoes   Sep-22-09 06:44 PM   #11 
  - Fascinating that we divide into equal thirds. Now what does that say about the democratic Party? n  Flabbergasted   Sep-22-09 06:45 PM   #12 
  - So far, I'm a bit surprised. Thought Urban/Suburban would be a clear split from Rural.  KittyWampus   Sep-22-09 06:53 PM   #15 
     - 100 votes is hardly representative of DU.  ManiacJoe   Sep-22-09 07:24 PM   #25 
        - Yeah but we will likely end up with roughly the same percentages with a thousand votes. nt  Flabbergasted   Sep-22-09 08:11 PM   #31 
  - I live five minutes from downtown Anchorage  Blue_In_AK   Sep-22-09 06:47 PM   #13 
  - So I guess "urban" can really be a relative term  KittyWampus   Sep-22-09 06:54 PM   #16 
  - I'd say you were definitely urban.  intheflow   Sep-22-09 09:09 PM   #51 
  - And I know just where you took that picture.  Blue_In_AK   Sep-22-09 10:22 PM   #72 
     - Yes, my memory is that it was taken right outside Anchorage.  intheflow   Sep-24-09 02:09 PM   #95 
        - Actually I think that's down by the Exit Glacier  Blue_In_AK   Sep-24-09 02:20 PM   #96 
           - Actually Ithink this was from our trip out to Valdez.  intheflow   Sep-24-09 03:02 PM   #98 
  - Can you see Russia from your porch?  proud2BlibKansan   Sep-22-09 09:22 PM   #57 
  - I live in a condo in Long Beach  taught_me_patience   Sep-22-09 06:49 PM   #14 
  - Urban, but grew up in a rural area.  Odin2005   Sep-22-09 06:57 PM   #17 
  - Urban  baldguy   Sep-22-09 07:01 PM   #18 
  - what, no nail parlors?  KittyWampus   Sep-22-09 10:04 PM   #68 
     - I don't know. Probably.  baldguy   Sep-22-09 10:21 PM   #71 
        - I was kidding. In Manhattan there's a nail parlor every 5th storefront.  KittyWampus   Sep-23-09 08:32 AM   #92 
  - I live in a relatively small town, 40,000 people  DefenseLawyer   Sep-22-09 07:02 PM   #19 
  - very, very, rural  Maru Kitteh   Sep-22-09 07:03 PM   #20 
  - Deep Rural - we get our sunshine piped in from the next town over..  Ghost in the Machine   Sep-22-09 07:08 PM   #21 
  - Suburb of a small town.  BarbaRosa   Sep-22-09 07:20 PM   #22 
  - Very rural, but can't grow own food because of the weather and poor soil. But I got me a brand-new  Brickbat   Sep-22-09 07:22 PM   #23 
  - Rural. Needs 2 more RECs to get to greatest so more will participate.  OnceUponTimeOnTheNet   Sep-22-09 07:23 PM   #24 
  - Rural but a mile from town of 900 and 15 miles from city of 150,000  Speck Tater   Sep-22-09 07:25 PM   #26 
  - Grew up in New York City...live now North Side of Chicago  alcibiades_mystery   Sep-22-09 07:26 PM   #27 
  - Suburb, Volvo, NPR ...thank you  underpants   Sep-22-09 07:26 PM   #28 
  - Urban  Ocracoker16   Sep-22-09 08:05 PM   #30 
  - I live in a sleepy Suburb that is 5 miles west of Midtown Manhattan.  Walk away   Sep-22-09 08:21 PM   #32 
  - Not sure....  Hepburn   Sep-22-09 08:25 PM   #33 
  - I don't know enough about the definitions - town of 6,000 -  debbierlus   Sep-22-09 08:27 PM   #34 
  - how far to the largest city and how do you get there? n/t  NMDemDist2   Sep-22-09 09:02 PM   #47 
     - 1/2 hour to the largest city which has a population of 45,000  debbierlus   Sep-22-09 11:27 PM   #82 
  - A city of 300,000+ with no mass transportation n/t  tammywammy   Sep-22-09 08:29 PM   #35 
  - I guess we're rural  Bettie   Sep-22-09 08:32 PM   #36 
  - Rural.  tosh   Sep-22-09 08:35 PM   #37 
  - Farther out than "rural".  bvar22   Sep-22-09 08:36 PM   #38 
  - I am only allowed to visit places like that.  Walk away   Sep-22-09 08:51 PM   #42 
  - chicago, but i have a yard, with a garden.  mopinko   Sep-22-09 08:48 PM   #39 
  - urban gardens are amazing. Manhattan has a few.  KittyWampus   Sep-22-09 08:50 PM   #40 
  - Same here in San Francisco.  Luminous Animal   Sep-22-09 08:51 PM   #41 
  - illegal in chicago  mopinko   Sep-22-09 09:01 PM   #44 
     - You have to fight for an approved system.  Luminous Animal   Sep-22-09 09:10 PM   #52 
        - you would lose in chicago  mopinko   Sep-22-09 10:12 PM   #69 
  - My sister used to live in Chicago  proud2BlibKansan   Sep-22-09 09:27 PM   #59 
     - hey, we are pretty green these days.  mopinko   Sep-22-09 10:18 PM   # 
     - gremlins  mopinko   Sep-22-09 10:18 PM   #70 
  - Subural. No public transport, lots of trees, but also 30 minutes away from civilization. nt  anonymous171   Sep-22-09 08:51 PM   #43 
  - rural. our county has about 50,000 people and covers 2.6 million acres  NMDemDist2   Sep-22-09 09:01 PM   #45 
  - Rural here, though transforming into rural suburban aka "ruburban".  The Midway Rebel   Sep-22-09 09:02 PM   #48 
  - Hey I live in KC!  proud2BlibKansan   Sep-22-09 09:29 PM   #60 
     - Then you should know better than  The Midway Rebel   Sep-22-09 10:02 PM   #67 
        - I'm in northern OP  proud2BlibKansan   Sep-22-09 11:21 PM   #81 
  - Other  TransitJohn   Sep-22-09 09:02 PM   #49 
  - It was rural until a couple of years ago, now it's an exurb. n/t  Greyhound   Sep-22-09 09:03 PM   #50 
  - Urban - Walkscore 97/100  City of Mills   Sep-22-09 09:15 PM   #54 
  - Yes  havocmom   Sep-22-09 09:18 PM   #55 
  - Suburban  proud2BlibKansan   Sep-22-09 09:21 PM   #56 
  - Suburban Silicon Valley, CA. nt  Ardent15   Sep-22-09 09:24 PM   #58 
  - Urban, but hubby calls it 'little big town'  bridgit   Sep-22-09 09:34 PM   #61 
  - Suburban. It can get a bit claustrophobic and dull.  Creena   Sep-22-09 09:39 PM   #62 
  - I live in a smaller town in the north west part of CT but its right next to a city  Jennicut   Sep-22-09 09:47 PM   #63 
  - beautiful area  ruggerson   Sep-22-09 10:31 PM   #75 
     - I love driving up Route 8  Jennicut   Sep-22-09 11:12 PM   #79 
  - Urban, because I refuse to live in a place where I can't walk to anything  Lydia Leftcoast   Sep-22-09 09:49 PM   #64 
  - Urban. I live in an apartment house on 2 bus routes on the edge of downtown.  Louisiana1976   Sep-22-09 09:52 PM   #65 
  - Urban  Forkboy   Sep-22-09 09:53 PM   #66 
  - I went with urban...  GReedDiamond   Sep-22-09 10:26 PM   #73 
  - I consider it urban  drmeow   Sep-22-09 10:29 PM   #74 
  - Urban  ruggerson   Sep-22-09 10:33 PM   #76 
  - It was the suburbs in 1950  XemaSab   Sep-22-09 10:36 PM   #77 
  - Brooklyn  Dorian Gray   Sep-22-09 10:40 PM   #78 
  - Rural. Sawmill/tractor rural. n/t  lumberjack_jeff   Sep-22-09 11:15 PM   #80 
  - somewhere on the cusp between sub-urban and rural.  dysfunctional press   Sep-22-09 11:31 PM   #83 
  - I live in a town, but  Ex Lurker   Sep-22-09 11:36 PM   #84 
  - Rural  dog_lovin_dem   Sep-22-09 11:41 PM   #85 
  - Definitely urban - my condo might be under 700 square feet, but...  Lucy Goosey   Sep-22-09 11:45 PM   #86 
  - Rural  cilla4progress   Sep-23-09 12:06 AM   #87 
  - Middle of SF, walk score off the charts, nr Muni, BART, freeway, too many drunk drag queens  diane in sf   Sep-23-09 12:15 AM   #88 
  - Urban: inside Detroit, feels suburban, back yard is rural.  Festivito   Sep-23-09 12:31 AM   #89 
  - Urban-Seoul Korea  davidpdx   Sep-23-09 01:26 AM   #90 
  - Rural - beach  WilmywoodNCparalegal   Sep-23-09 08:38 AM   #93 
  - A town that was once rural, became a suburb and is now urban.  Jokerman   Sep-23-09 08:47 AM   #94 
 

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