Hey,
I live in a small town in europe, built a house and well it takes me about 25 minutes to the next bigger city (not huge one, lets say 50.000 people live there.
I sometimes find myself getting frustrated because the next gym is 7 minute drive by car to another smaller town. Grocery shopping I also do in another town nearby. Same people, same stuff, nothing new.
I am thinking about selling my house but I love the quiet area too. I love my freedom in my house and yard and I know everyone in town but nobody has my interests.
I can’t just go to board game nights, meet many people in a bar, go shopping, go to a cafe and all that. I always have to drive those 25 minutes first.
But would I do all those things I wrote above if I’d live in the city? A few friends live in that city and say everything is so expensive and they do the same as I do (same gym, same grocery, same routine) just in the city.
But I feel like I am missing out.
I lived in the capital of my country for about 6 months and even though everything was generally located closer, the travel still took me the same time if not even longer. Keeping car is expensive there and traffic is much worse. Public transport here is much better than almost anywhere else in the world but it’s still public transport. Having your own car is infinitely better.