Town vs village?

Lily-Rose_3

Mgman wrote: »

Thing is villages are fast losing their community spirit as the old villagers die their houses are snapped up by well off townies pricing the young locals out and who don't care about or support the local community or getting on with others (we've all seen and read about the type, buy into the village, and then complain about and get their solicitors onto the church clock chiming at night/farmers cocks crowing/church bell ringers practising in the evening disturbing the BBQ with their city friends).

What a load of crap. I have never known this happen, so a sweeping generalisation like this is ludicrous! You sound like a villager who doesn't like outsiders, and is part of one of these campaigns to make sure that when a social housing cottage or bungalow comes up, you bully the local council into only allowing someone who already has some kind of connection with the village, or some family already living there!

Thank goodness not all villagers have this attitude: some are very friendly and welcoming. And as for things not being very convenient (amenities etc,) I agree with the poster who said it makes not a jot of difference, as quite a bit of town housing is miles from the town centre and hospitals and train stations anyway, unless you want to live in the middle of the city centre.

Personally I would rather stick pins in my eyes than lives in a busy town or city centre. I did for a while, and also lived on the outskirts of a city, and neither made me happy, and I detest these massive housing estates with street after street after street just heaving with horrible generic modern houses, with no character, no community and miles from any amenities. At least if you have very few (or no) amenities in a village, you do have the advantage of village life and all the lovely scenery around you. That said, almost all villages do have a little shop and a pub.

And also, many town and city suburbs are also not very close to amenities, and you need to drive to them. Sure, there may be a bus service, but I for one would never have let 'my' daughter come home on the bus at 10 and 11 at night from her friends or from parties etc, so living rural is no different 'amenity wise' than living in a town.

Moneyistooshorttomention, instead of complaining that there is no village group for people under 55 in a village, what's to stop you starting one? So many people complain about so much, and then do sod-all about it!

zagubov

Lived out on the edge of London in a housing estate with no shops and a 20 minute walk to the barely used train station. You couldn't buy so much as a box of matches without getting in your car. They might as well have rolled up the pavement at night. Didn't suit us at all, might suit a determined hermit.

Moved to a villagy area a bit closer in, friendly neighbours, small supermarkets, big parks, five bustling pubs, good restaurants, trains (that stop before midnight) fast bus connections to a bigger suburban town for big shopping.3 big supermarkets a mile away, GP surgery a short walk away, good secondary schools. Would hate to move away, we've cracked it.