If you grew up in the countryside, but now live in a town, how much do you miss it?

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It seems ridiculous to me that I am on the brink of tears every time I think about it.
What a massive sap.

Not a sap at all, how long have you lived In a town for? I'm in a city (for 11years) and grew up a total farming country girl & still miss it, I now have a child and have the dilemma of do we move for a country life for child or bring up a 'city kid' 😲

Nearly 30 years!

I've lived in the city for nearly 30 years. Still, don't miss the country. I found it stifling and mind-numbingly boring. Couldn't wait to escape.

Not one tiny bit. I absolutely love living in London. One day I might move to the countryside, but equally I might not.

I really love it. But when I was little I dreamt of living in London, even though I really enjoyed my rural childhood. I was always quite a livewire and wanted more action.

What I've found in London, which surprised me more than anything, is a real community that I thought only existed in the sticks. I have loads of friends nearby, and know the local schools, shopkeepers, tradesmen and church. My children have roots here and I love it.

I grew up in the countryside moved to a town after university and now back to the countryside and I miss towns, to be able to just nip out and get a takeaway/coffee, for everything not to be a massive trek and pain in the arse to get to, for amazon to actually deliver the next day
The grass is always greener!

I miss the horizon. I miss going outside and being able to see into the distance.

I know that's a weird thing to miss but there you go. I don't miss much else though.

I'm a Farmers daughter, who grew up surrounded by pets and had horses til I was 18
I've been in London ever since

I don't really miss it, but we live in a very green part of London, and have dogs who we take on lots of long walks whenever we can

Beyond my horses, which I loved, I don't have particularly fond memories of country/farm life
The boredom, the isolation, the long long journeys to see friends, the two pub options where everyone knew everyone's business...

DH is also from a farming family, and we both think DC will be better off growing up in London than in the sort of rural-ness that we both experienced

Moved to London at 18 and have never once missed the countryside

London is different, I could maybe cope with London, at least there are loads of perks and parks and it is (whisper) south.

I was a teen in the country.
I now live in a town.
I hated the fact that there was nothing to do, and mum had to drive me everywhere.
When people move to the countyr 'for the kids' I always want to tell them to move back when they hit 13!

Having said that, we don't live in a huge city, we live in a busy town, and our house has a big garden with a school playing field behind. Eveyr time I open my bedroom windows, I love the look of the green I can see.
We also ahve a dog, and I have discovered loads of muddy 'country' walks from my house, as ther eis a nature reserve and large park/woods etc all within walking distance.
So maybe we have the best of both worlds!

I grew up in a 10 bedroom farmhouse on acres and acres of land with a river and a lake. We had cows, sheep, pigs, chickens, donkeys, horses, and plenty of cats and dogs.

I now live in a small two bedroom apartment in the middle of a very large city. It’s been a big change!

I was desperately homesick for the first 13 years while, but I think I was romanticising country life. I forgot how narrow-minded and insular some small communities can be, and how even small conveniences like a take-away coffee can be difficult to get when you’re dependent on a small village or tiny town.

I didn’t have the opportunity to move back “home” a couple of years ago but didn’t take it as my husband became very sick, and I didn’t want to uproot us. I was disappointed at the time, but think now that moving would have been a mistake. Living in a city has given me opportunities that would never have been available to me if I had stayed rural.

I grew up in the countryside and I now live in a small town, miles away. I get homesick sometimes, but I think it's mostly nostalgia. I miss the people and the feeling of belonging somewhere, but I miss my family and friends more than the village or the area.

We might move closer to 'home' in the next few years so we can visit more and miss them less.

I miss the horizon. I miss going outside and being able to see into the distance.

I totally get this. Our town is on a hill, and as I walk the dog I see way off across the town for miles. I really loveit. Don't feel hemmed in.

I am incredibly happy not to be living in a place where you have to get in your car to go buy milk. I find it claustrophobic when I go back.

I'm happy living in a very small town now. A bit like best of both worlds. Still shops and public transport nearby etc, but I can see the horizon from my windows, and the stars on a clear night.

I miss quiet, though. It's never truly quiet here. There's always at least the distant sound of cars, planes, someone hammering, someone's TV or music on loud, or something.

knitwit SNAP!

I grew up in a village 7 miles to the nearest (not huge) town. I hated it as a teenager and 30 years later would still not choose to live in the countryside again.

I've lived in small cities since my early 20s and love having everything nearby. I can walk into the city centre and to the train station if I want. I don't have to plan buying milk in advance. And as above, there is a real local community despite being in a city. I do.miss the area I grew up in but not living in the countryside.

I did. I went to uni in London, loved it for about a year then got more and more fed up of being constantly surrounded by so many people. I moved to smaller and smaller cities and now live in a town so small that deluded estate agents call it a village (it's got multiple shops! The bus comes more than once a week! It's a town!) I can see sheep and hills from my living room window and people stop to chat in the street. We'll be stuck here for days if it snows again like it did last winter but it's bloody worth it.

Not at all. I don’t miss bad country roads, having to drive everywhere, not being able to take a walk because the roads were too dangerous, complete darkness at night!!! (Hated having to go out to the bins!) poor internet, no corner shop, no-one to talk to on your day off unless you made an arrangement to go and do something with a friend, no-one popping in for a cuppa on their way to somewhere, taxis cost a frigging fortune for a night out, expensive take away delivery if you didn’t want to go for the food yourself, getting snowed in for ages. Basically very isolated.

I love living in the town. Always someone around to talk to, shops within walking distance, walk to the pubs if you want, no booking or paying for taxis. My parents still live where I grew up. You couldn’t pay me to go back.

One thing I actually do miss is not being overlooked by neighbours.

I was bored, bored, bored as a teen in the country. I found the small mindedness stifling, and the lack of independence (because there was pretty much no public transport so needed to be driven everywhere) meant that I went a bit more wild when I escaped went to university than I should have done. The long term unemployment, coupled with chronic deprivation and significant drug problems (in my bit of the countryside, anyway) I wouldn't want to inflict on my children.

I do love visiting friends who live in the middle of nowhere, and perhaps when the DC are grown up and we retire, we will also live somewhere without close neighbours and peace and quiet....but not any time soon

Me too OP!

I don't miss it like I have done at times in the past. I drive through countryside on my commute. Despite being right close to town, it can be very quiet in my street, and I can also lie in bed listening to birdsong outside.

I don't feel part of a community here, but I don't suppose I'm the subject of gossip either (don't know if I ever was.) It's not home in the same way here, though. Home is Dorset chalk lands.

I grew up in a tiny village, it seemed very boring to me as a child...but now that I'm in my 30's I would actually wish to be able to bring my own child up in the country. Where I grew up there were no police being needed, fields and woods everywhere. I could go out on my own for a walk and feel safe.