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.
Depends on the city you’re looking to move to. To give you some perspective - I live in a city, but city sprawl in the US is insane that to go anywhere (grocery, restaurant, bar, etc.), it takes a 12-15 minute drive minimum just to get out of my neighborhood and get to the nearest place of activity. Sure, that’s just half of your drive to the next town, but I literally live in the city and what is considered a great location relative to the downtown area.
Now obviously city life is way different in Europe where you’ll likely have great public transportation and places are closer to each other. If you’re willing to accept the trade off of less space, more noise, and more expensive, for convenience, meeting new people, and better accessibility to places, I’d say go for it.