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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 561962" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>Malika, what a delightful question. I LOVE where I live and could go on and on for days. I'll try to keep the list short-ish.</p><p></p><p>Background: I live in a very big city, but in an old part that used to be "out in the country" in the early days of the city's founding. This part of town is where people used to retreat for their summer holidays, to get away from the heat of the city.</p><p></p><p>1) Lovely old trees that bow over the streets. We are surrounded by mature trees. The "tree canopy" is considered a major feature of the neighbourhood. </p><p></p><p>2) Close to, yet far away from, everything. Close to the subway, close to 3 major highways, easy to get in and out of the neighbourhood when I need to go downtown or up north or somewhere else, but we're in a hidden little pocket, separated from the rest of the city by rivers and valleys. No one really knows we're here, so we have access to all of the great stuff that comes with living in a large city, with few of the drawbacks.</p><p></p><p>3) Community. As Malika mentioned, the village-ness of the neighbourhood. Some of the shops have been around for generations, now run by the grandchildren of the original founders. Everyone knows everyone, and it's quite lovely.</p><p></p><p>4) Anonymity. In the big city, I can sneak off to places where no one knows me at all. I can spend an entire day out and about without running into a single person that I know. Which, for an extremely introverted aspie, is a Very. Good. Thing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 561962, member: 3907"] Malika, what a delightful question. I LOVE where I live and could go on and on for days. I'll try to keep the list short-ish. Background: I live in a very big city, but in an old part that used to be "out in the country" in the early days of the city's founding. This part of town is where people used to retreat for their summer holidays, to get away from the heat of the city. 1) Lovely old trees that bow over the streets. We are surrounded by mature trees. The "tree canopy" is considered a major feature of the neighbourhood. 2) Close to, yet far away from, everything. Close to the subway, close to 3 major highways, easy to get in and out of the neighbourhood when I need to go downtown or up north or somewhere else, but we're in a hidden little pocket, separated from the rest of the city by rivers and valleys. No one really knows we're here, so we have access to all of the great stuff that comes with living in a large city, with few of the drawbacks. 3) Community. As Malika mentioned, the village-ness of the neighbourhood. Some of the shops have been around for generations, now run by the grandchildren of the original founders. Everyone knows everyone, and it's quite lovely. 4) Anonymity. In the big city, I can sneak off to places where no one knows me at all. I can spend an entire day out and about without running into a single person that I know. Which, for an extremely introverted aspie, is a Very. Good. Thing. [/QUOTE]
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