Do you live in your country's capital?

[Lightjolly]

Do you want out or you'll always be a big city person?

 

[Psittacus]

What an odd false dichotomy. A lot of country's capitals are nowhere near their largest city (my own included)

 

[Grimsen]

No, and now I'm super jealous of that big city life up there in Ottawa.

 

[Jegriva]

No. Only romans want to live in Rome. The quality of life is not good, even compared to other big italian cities like Torino, Bologna or Milano.

 

[chandoog]

No, but I live in a small town which connects right to it.

 

[CaviarMeths]

I live about 3000km away from my country's capital and 800km from any "big" city.

It sucks. Ottawa isn't really on my radar though. Vancouver would be my dream city.

 

[PontyfaxJr]

Nope. In Ireland's case Dublin is the biggest city by a wide margin, but also grossly overpriced in every sense and full of pricks. I lived in the 2nd largest city for 7 years but much happier now in a medium sized town.

 

[Lulu]

live in nyc so no but I can't see myself ever leaving the big city life regardless of where

 

[gdt]

Nope I live 3.5 hours away from DC.

 

[Deleted member 14313]

Nope, used to though, kind of miss it, not the tastably more polluted air though lol

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

Yes. We live in DC. I prefer suburbs but my wife is from NYC and 'needs' to live in a city.

 

[RadzPrower]

Short of me somehow ending up in politics randomly, I would not choose to move to the US capital. There are so many better, larger, more interesting cities in the U.S. than D.C.

 

[julia crawford]

No, but i live in the second most populated city of the country.

 

[Mansa Mufasa]

Technically no, but everyone knows Toronto is the most important city in Canada.

 

[Heliex]

I live in Montreal, and at some point we were Canadas capital.

 

[Chimpzy]

No, and I wouldn't want to live in Brussels.

 

[Dascu]

No, and I wouldn't want to live in Brussels.

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Yes, and I love living in Brussels.

 

[Launchpad]

Thread premise is a bit silly. Edinburgh is our capital but I live in Glasgow, our biggest city. And I love living in a big city life, I'm a 20 minute walk from the city centre and don't think I could acclimate to living more outside of the city.

 

[Bookkoo]

yes I live in Washington DC

 

[Fliesen]

No, but it's just a 30 minute train/car ride away, so 🤷‍♂️

 

[fontguy]

How do you think cities work?

 

[andymcc]

i live in my state's capitol, but capitols in the united states really aren't a great measure for higher populations.

 

[hiredhand]

No but I used to and do miss it sometimes. If I got a decently paying job offer, I would probably move back.

 

[Watevaman]

I'm 2 hours from DC and have no desire to live in it or even close to it. I wouldn't mind living near a little bit more populous area but I wouldn't want to live anywhere with a population above 100k or so.

 

[Shining Star]

I thought I did, but apparently not.

 

[Serpens007]

Yep, along with close to 50% of the country's population lol

I would love to move south though

 

[Deleted member 15240]

I live in the nation's political center but it is not the actual capital.

 

[TeddyShardik]

I did. The capital changed to Berlin though.
I still live in Bonn though.
It's not a huge city. It's more like a city with a small town feel. :P

 

[mute]

I live in my state's capitol, no where near enough money for DC though.

 

[acheron_xl]

I live in my state's capitol, that close enough?

 

[mhayes86]

I live right outside of DC. I don't think I could stand living in city for too long and would prefer a day trip or long weekend.

 

[yongeandcollege]

No. I live in a medium-sized city and I love it.

 

[thesoapster]

Nope...about an hour away from DC. I've thought about living there at some point...

 

[shnurgleton]

No, but I live in Boston which invented the country so it's ok

 

[Armoured_Bear]

Yes but as I live in Switzerland, Berne is a small, relaxed city with a brilliant quality of life.

 

[ClickyCal']

Not always the biggest city in the country.

 

[Rivyn]

I grew up in Amsterdam and stayed there until I was 30 and then was forced to move out because my apartment wasn't big enough for the two of us and you basically have to be a CEO of a company in order to pay for the houses in that city.

 

[SwampBastard]

I've never even visited DC.

 

[Dan Thunder]

Nope. Have absolutely no desire to live anywhere near London.

 

[Lost Lemurian]

No, but I live in my state's capitol, which is the 13th largest city by population, lol.

 

[RLCC14]

I live in the second capital of Puerto Rico (Bayamon)

 

[Bishop89]

Lol no, and no one wants to live in Canberra.

 

[sven]

No I don't live in DC. I live in a town of 1800 people in central Illinois. I have no desire to ever live in a city.

 

[Reckheim]

No, but I do live in the countries biggest city. Hate it.

 

[ninnanuam]

I don't live there. I stayed for about 8 weeks doing a project once. It could barely be called a city. Itd more like big suburb with fantastic museums.

 

[dstarMDA]

Yes (Paris), and I couldn't imagine live in anything other than one the top 3 biggest cities (Lyon, Marseille) in this country anyway. Give me people, movement, energy, thanks.

I don't care for calm and quiet but fortunately for those who do there are many places in France very comfortable for their lifestyle.

 

[red731]

Nope. But Prague is one hour away or less by car.

I was living there and it was good, always something to do and go to. But during this shitstorm, I'd rather be here in my little town.

 

[The Albatross]

Nope. I'm about a ~12 hour drive from Washington DC.

With states in the US, the capital isn't always the biggest city in a state, it's usually a mix of geographical convenience and population size. Most states have their state capitals in some place that is geographically convenient for most of the state while also being a decent sized city, not necessarily the biggest city.

 

[Reckheim]

Nope. But Prague is one hour away or less by car.

I was living there and it was good, always something to do and go to. But during this shitstorm, I'd rather be here in my little town.

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man, i'd love to live in central Europe, you're always a drive away from something new to see.

 

[grmlin]

Yeah, I am, and I was fine with it all my life


this year though... lol
Would prefer to be somewhere else