[Narz]

And how do you feel about where you live?

Are you planning a move anytime soon? If so, why or why not?

[Wednesday]

I live in a small town that has no suburbs. I like it.

[Eli]

I live in a medium size city in a suburb. But my town has no exurbs.

I have no plans on moving just yet and I am not too worried. My career is a basic need that will still need to be met post peak.

When the time comes I think I will still be able to bug out to the country.

When the shtf there is going to be a long period of confusion and turmoil. I don't think farmland will go through the roof initially. There are a lot of people who live far out in the country who have to commute a long distance to work. Many of those people will make the mistake of moving into the city to be close to their work.

It will not be apparent for awhile that working a small farm will be the best place to be post peak.

I think the main thing is you just need to be a few steps ahead of the other guy when PO hits. While every one is dreaming about the shopping malls and the big cars I will be looking for a small farm and a simpler or more basic life.

[PenultimateManStanding]

I live in a very large city. Millions of people spread out in over a thousand square miles. It's mind boggling. The whole thing runs on gasoline.

[Narz]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I') live in a very large city. Millions of people spread out in over a thousand square miles. It's mind boggling. The whole thing runs on gasoline.

[username]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'I') live in a very large city. Millions of people spread out in over a thousand square miles. It's mind boggling. The whole thing runs on gasoline.

[buzzard]

I am just now in the process of completing a much anticipated move from a rural area in one state to a rural area in another state some twelve hundred miles away. Where I lived originally was IMHO untenable and unsustainable. I must say that I wondered often if time before the collapse would permit me to make the change. I have done it. But, I believe I have cut it rather close.

When we sold our property, it was at the top of the market. Now where we used to live the bottom has fallen out of Real Estate. Even so, we have yet to start an orchard or build some of the sustainable infrastructure which we will need at our new place. All I need is another year. I think that we have that year- just.

BUZ

"I've been dazed and confused for so long it's not news..."
Led Zepellin

[peaker_2005]

Yeah, well I unfortunately live in the planning mess that is Sydney. Great foundations, they just never did much with it. It really could be a great city if they had the guts to build a metro in the inner area.

I live out in the suburbs, but within walking distance of a rail line. There's a line about 1.2km west of me that's still used for freight (mostly coal), and the branch that I'm on (a passenger only branch, mind) is currently within the preparatory stages of a duplication project (it's only 30 years late!).

The line is heavily used (actually the most intensely used in Sydney @ 130,000 passengers per day.

In a city of 4 million +, moving probably 800,000 of those by rail isn't too bad (about 20% of Sydneysiders are quoted as using the rail, so that figure's about right).

The traffic would probably be permanently gridlocked if those people drove, let me assure you.

The whole infrastructure is struggling to keep up, usage has jumped in recent times (even moreso in Melbourne I've heard).

[dinopello]

I put urban, even though it is actually a close-in streetcar suburb with its own mainstreet. Its an entirely different state though so politically we have our own government. From the Wikipedia entry

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]History
First platted in 1900 at the top of a hill on the Georgetown-Falls Church Road (now Wilson Boulevard), Clarendon evolved into Arlington County's original "downtown" after the arrival of streetcars into its area in 1896. During the early 20th century, two interurban trolley lines converged in Clarendon a short distance west of today's Clarendon Metro station...