Despite living in a big city with a lot of options for shopping and businesses, I’m not impressed so far after moving out of the countryside.
Just because I am closer to civilization and have to drive less, it doesn’t mean I am happier or more content.
On the contrary, I feel claustrophobic some days when I can’t escape the road noise from cars rushing by on the highways or the chatter, talking, and yelling at all hours of the day and night. My apartment is full of people around me on both sides, and both above and below me. I have to use fans or play the TV or radio while I sleep just to provide some sort of white noise to drown out the noise coming from neighbors or people on the streets in the city below. Another disadvantage to living in the rural countryside is having a long commute to work each day. Here in the city I can get to the office on a short 10 minute bus ride. However, I enjoyed those commutes when it gave me a chance to look at the surrounding woodlands with my eyes, waking up the morning before work and calming myself down on my way home after work. Back in my previous town, there were only three actual HVAC contractors, and two of them had hordes of negative reviews on the internet. When I got to the big city, I was shocked by the sheer number of heating and cooling companies that I saw when I searched for them on Google. However, my experience with the city HVAC experts hasn’t been much better than the rural ones until a new company recently opened near my apartment. This is the best HVAC supplier I’ve used yet.