What is it like where you live?

[zanacal]

Yep, 30 in my boys' classes too. That's the maximum allowed class size for primary school and it seems that any half decent school is over subscribed now. I was worried about it when DS1 started school but it hasn't affected him at all and the school still manages to keep a small/village feel about it. I find that many of the schools with lower numbers in a year group merge year groups so there ends up being as many children to a class anyway.

rainbowflower - just noticed we're in neighbouring counties

nbp - there are many houses like the one you describe here! We have a chimney (but we haven't used it yet!) but no picket fence, just hedgerow. Lots of the houses are much, much older than ours and many are thatched - again, not ours!

[TTC5]

We live in a new home that we built in 2009, it is not big, but we fit in ok.
4 bedrooms (not large) and we have a small ensuite. We have a decent back yard but for now it is mostly just grass lol, we still don't even have a proper drive way yet.. need the $$ lol.

We live in a suburb that is only 15-20 minutes max away from the city and only 10 minutes away from the counrty one way and the other way we have two beaches and in another direction 5 mins another little beach. We have a big mountain 10 minutes away that gets snow in the winter too.

[Hobbermittens]

We live in a newer subdivision with very few houses, that was originally a ranch, so basically we are in a big field surrounded by mountains. No trees, but a great view! And hardly any neighbors. We live about 5 minutes from town, but where we are feels like we are out in the country. (Our town is really rural too--only about 2,500 people, one grocery store, no stop lights).

[Flava]

i want to live where NBP and /or zanacal live sound so nice!
Anyway Im in Fl and a small town and I don't like it here. Waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy to hot and humid and we have a small house with a small backyard. And right behind us (way to close)is a bigger house with a pool so we can watch the new ppl swimming . They just moved here...oh and no1 talks with no1 around here , so lovely...Can't walk here you must have a car to go just really anywhere. Park, store , gas station , you name it.Ppl from Europe can't really get it we told this to FIL and when he visited he said wow we really can't go anywhere with no car here!he just could not imagine how is it for real. We don't even have sidewalks and public transport is super limited.
I wish I can move... Im not saying it's not nice here our street is quiet and we have lots of trees and bushes around us it's just I wish we can walk to places and so on...and the damn heat...ehhh Oh and it's a new 1 story house.
But I love the big cars . When I fist saw this smart car or what I thought it's a toy car for kids you know not real? When they said it's a real car to sit in and go I was like is this a joke? Looks so funny and unsafe to me.

[swish]

Lol, I would love a smart car! You can fit in any space, you can just forward into it and still not stick out!!! No good for children though!!!

[nicnee1976]

I live in a suburb of a medium sized town. We live in a large 4 bed detached house in the midlands of the UK. We have a smallish garden for the size of the house because we have a large extension on the back.
It is a nice quiet suburb, made up of mainly professionals and families. We have small shops, post office, chemist etc 5 mins walk away, town centre is 10 minute drive, but does not have a good variety of shops. Nearest city is 12 miles away that is good for shopping.
We drive a MPV, 7 seater car, that eats petrol!!! My boys go to one of 2 local schools that has a good reputation and always has more applications than there are places. Class size is 30. They wear uniform from age 3 when they start nursery class, and it is a primary school, so they stay until age 11, then move to senior school next to the primary.
The things I love about living here is our big house, quiet area and good school. I hate the fact we are not anywhere near a beach (nearest 2 hour drive), and that the town has bad areas. I prefer it here than the suburb of town we lived in previously (moved earlier this year).
I work in the local hospital and DH travels to the nearest city to work.

[ThinkPink]

I live in a suburb of a medium sized town. We live in a large 4 bed detached house in the midlands of the UK. .

I live in the midlands too! Im originally from a big metropolitan city but I live in a very small one now where I can walk five minutes and be in the countryside!!Lovely!

[DoulaMama]

Live in a small town(15,000) 20 mins outside of a bigger city(1 million). We live in an older subdivision so our lot has a very large backyard We have a 3 bedroom house( a bit small for us but I don't mind). We know all of our neighbors very well and our kids all play together in the cul-de-sac. Most are grandkids of our neighbors but some(my neighbor to my right) are younger families(she's one of my closest friends) We live about a 30 second drive to town...or a 7 min walk. We have the mountains about 30 mins away with big ski hills as well as hiking, camping and fishing about a 10 min walk away. It's cold here though...about -22F on bad days in the winter...and only up to about 80F in the summer. I'm hoping to move to Vancouver Island(Victoria) in the near future when I become a midwife I'd like more land, more temperate climate and no SNOW! LOL

[nuthinbutpink]

-22 is cold!

[DoulaMama]

-22 is cold!

YES!!! It's frickin freezing!! I come from a warmer climate originally so the past 7 years has been a major adjustment for me. I don't think I'll ever get used to it....