This is gonna be the thread where we talk about stuff

I live in a small village (it's basically one long, winding road that has various properties on it) 15 minutes from a moderately large town with a pop. of ~40,000.

In the village public transport is basically non-existent except for school buses, and the road is not pedestrian-friendly (although a lot of people seem to try anyway).

So basically your only option to get into town--unless you want to wake up to catch a bus at 7 am and get back at around 4pm--is to drive there.

So, uh. I guess it's just a toss-up over whether you want easy accessibility to things in the city, or the atmosphere of a small town.

Now that I think about it I guess light pollution would also be a factor.

There're no street lights here so I'm used to things being pitch-black.
When I went to Brisbane for supanova this year I had trouble sleeping because I could see light from street lamps and distant high-rises through my hotel window.