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10b4me
Boulder climber
Somewhere on 395
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:47am PT
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Town
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:51am PT
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I live in a crowded neighborhood....
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Todd Gordon
Trad climber
Joshua Tree, Cal
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Feb 12, 2013 - 12:54am PT
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Anastasia
climber
Home
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Feb 12, 2013 - 01:05am PT
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Small town with access to a descent sized city, plus access to good health care is my ideal. I love being around real neighbors but... I also love a bit of culture, art, great museums, Really Good Doctors, etc. Not living in a major city ROCKS! Living close enough to visit, see a world renown Medical specialist, SUPER NICE!
AFS
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Seamstress
Trad climber
Yacolt, WA
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Feb 12, 2013 - 01:05am PT
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I'm a small town girl that likes cities nearby, but the wilderness closer. Grew up in a town of 4,000, 90 minutes from NYC, 2 hours from Boston, 20 minutes from lots of 100 foot crags and small ski hills, couple hours to the Gunks, and 5 hours to blissful North Conway. Everyone knew me and my family. Now I live in a town of 1,200, close to Portland and the Cascades. Not bad, but too much time in the car. I look forward to the next phase of life, closer to the rock and mountains. I'll still be able to get to a big city from time to time. I'll be close to a small airport, with good access to wherever I may roam.
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hooblie
climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
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Feb 12, 2013 - 08:26am PT
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there's a crossover point ... the more people, the more filtering, excluding, keeping people at bay to preserve sanctity. in a small town, i might not let everybody in, but eventually i manage to see past the crustiness and develop some empathy for a wide variety of folks i would likely dismiss in a crowd
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Feb 12, 2013 - 08:52am PT
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When I grew up, the town was around 20-30 thousand, so I've never really lived in a small town. My mom on the other hand grew up in Ironwood, MI. Now that's a small one.
Couldn't find the population graph I was looking for, but I found this eye-opener
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mojede
Trad climber
Butte, America
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Feb 12, 2013 - 09:37am PT
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My small town (now) was once one of the largest cities in the American West at the turn of the last century...
It's a cool town now, but OH, to have been there in 1900 :-)
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justthemaid
climber
Jim Henson's Basement
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Feb 12, 2013 - 09:55am PT
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I'm in Ghost's camp. I've lived in Los Angeles my entire which fits the bill of "city with fast access to the wilderness". I appreciate the fact that LA basically has everything. I'm highly adaptable and used to people and crowds, so the hustle and bustle doesn't really get to me as long as there is convenient access to wilderness.
As I've gotten older I don't find myself heading into Hollywood to hang out at the Viper room and pick up those Asian trannie hookers (Jason waxes nostalgic) about so much any more :( so I have an open mind about moving to a quieter setting that would save my husband's sanity. :)
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hossjulia
Trad climber
Where the Hoback and the mighty Snake River meet
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Feb 12, 2013 - 10:16am PT
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How about out of town, as far away from a stop light as possible? Or a town so small it has no stop light.
City? Possibly claustrophobia and a panic attack. Some are better than others. LA? Gotta be a real special reason.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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Feb 12, 2013 - 10:28am PT
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I,d rather live urban and spend my weekends off trail and out of bounds.
But I have found a compromise for now.....
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Feb 12, 2013 - 02:09pm PT
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This is where I want to live...
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Melissa
Gym climber
berkeley, ca
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Feb 12, 2013 - 02:10pm PT
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Where I grew up the options were being a town person or a country person.
Alas, I was a city person.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Feb 12, 2013 - 02:13pm PT
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Geez, Ghost, you have a batch of yeast go rogue on ya? There's condos at the base of Jannu?
But my pic was real.
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Feb 12, 2013 - 03:22pm PT
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I was the most comfortable when I loved near Yerington NV, other then the distance to anything climbable.
Lived about 8 miles out of town, 45 minutes would put me in Carson City and an hour to Reno if I needed to do "City" stuff. So I would say that I prefer rural living.
Both the towns I grew up in - Forks WA and Walker CA - were small towns. Now I live in Vegas, going on 11 years. I really don't care for the amount of people here, and have a strong dislike for most of them - no substance. But I get out of town at least once a month for a couple days, and for hiking and climbing it's a great central location.
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Brandon-
climber
The Granite State.
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Feb 12, 2013 - 05:40pm PT
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I grew up, and now live again, five miles out of a town of 2k. I like it, but I think I enjoyed the ten years I spent in Truckee more. 10k, still small, but large enough for pretty ladies and ethnic food.
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snowhazed
Trad climber
Oaksterdam, CA
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Feb 12, 2013 - 06:01pm PT
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Either place is a good place to be- as long as you have the means to get away when you want to.
In 1900, the world population was 3% urban. Now it is 50%.
By 2050 when we hit 9 billion people we will be 80% urban, and that is a good thing. The per capita energy efficiencies that come from cities are one of the primary ways we will preserve the natural environment. New York City is the greenest city in the US.
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Feb 12, 2013 - 06:24pm PT
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Santa Cruz is perfect for me...somewhere in the middle. I can run to the beach in the morning, yet my home tucks up against the Santa Cruz mountains. In the afternoon I have access to the best road and mountain bike venues. Every knd of yoga options you could imagine, and health food stores on every corner. A decent climbing gym, a wonderful university and reasonable drives to Yosemite or ski areas. When coming home from some adventure I'm always happy to be here.
And bestest.....we have so many open spaces for dogs, mountain hikes, beach, awesome dog parks too!
Susan
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Feb 12, 2013 - 06:36pm PT
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SC seagoat, I love Santa Cruz too, but your traffic is beserko.
When I drove thru two years ago couldn't believe it was the same place I honeymooned at in in the late 60's. We saw the famous guy from India plucking his Indian guitar (forget it's name) he was famous and he had his daughter with him playing too.
Miss ya SC and Ferretlegger....lynnie
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mechrist
Gym climber
South of Heaven
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Feb 12, 2013 - 06:50pm PT
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When I live in a city I can generally walk or ride my bike everywhere. I miss that. Unfortunately most "towns" in the west are not set up for that... everyone wants their own little private piece of land... which destroys any sense of community. I miss wandering down to the coffee shop and running into people I haven't seen for years.
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