Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

I was brought up in a village in Warwickshire, near Stratford-upon-Avon, and when I was 17 we moved to Manchester; then I went to university in Nottingham

Eventually I moved to Kendal for about 30 years and people were surprised when I moved to Burnley; but I don't mind a bit of city life, so I suppose I'm a Townie

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

Well I have been brought up in the Town, very busy places, but since getting married we now live in the Countryside with the Woodlands opposite my House, so I see the wildlife, but we would like to move again to Devon or Somerset in a Country Village.

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

Lived in crowded London all my life, apart from the short time when I moved with parents to the park home in the middle of the forest. Not being able to walk to a shop was a bit stifling (and the spiders were jumbo sized), so I jumped at the opportunity to rent a flat back in London. A year or so later I bought the flat I'm in now.

Love the flat, hate being in London.

When Mum lived in her village, before going into sheltered housing, I loved looking up at the clear sky when leaving her bungalow in the dark. It was truly beautiful.

Now she was keen to get away from there, as she felt vulnerable, but I felt it was so peaceful. Looked out over fields (and the M11 motorway!), but it did boast a post office/newsagent, a few shops...and reality star Mark Wright living just a few yards away!

So, what am I? A townie, definitely, but I aspire to living by the sea.

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

From choice, I would be choose country life or coast every time.

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

I'm a country bumpkin.
I love looking outside and seeing nature, and not another house.
It makes my day, every day!

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

I've lived in both so I'm a townie bumpkin.

Loved living in the countryside. It was like living on top of the world where I lived. I'd go back in a shot, but my daughter is adamant that I need to be near a hospital as I age. It's rather nice of her to worry about me, she usually couldn't give an SH one T

Where I live now is nice and quiet, lots of trees, stream, pond, peaceful (boringly so) and the countryside is near enough by car.

I keep hankering to live by the sea now. Wonder if I can squeeze that in before I slide off the plate

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

I too have lived in both. I much prefer the country though, were I live we have fields & farms & moorland, but are on the edge of what used to be a village, when we moved here & it's now a town. We were the fastest growing village a few years ago. We are 10 minutes walk from Dartmoor, but it is straight up & I mean up, a farm track/foot path.

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

I'm a townie but I'm almost on the outskirts, I would hate to live in the centre of a town. We are about a 15-20 minute ride away from the countryside.

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

Lived in a City, and in a Village, one thing is constant, there is un-scooped dog poop on the pavements, seeing constants is good.

Re: Are You A Townie Or A Country Bumpkin?

Countryman by birth and belief.