Village life ?

I've lived in a village all my life and love it, advantages being that there were only 14 people in my class, all my teachers lived within ten mins drive of the school, all the school staff are family friends.. Freedom, peace and quiet - we can go to the beach in the summer at nighttime and be the only people there, it's a three mile stretch so lovely. Can walk through the fields in summer to my friend's horses/sheep.. It sounds ridic. but we used to go raspberry picking too!.. We're only 30 miles north of the nearest city, and ten miles south from the nearest town - however most people I know only go through once a month or so .. Everyone knows everyone and there's always somebody there when you need them .. Can leave your back door unlocked too ! Disadvantages - a poor bus service, everyone knows your business, there's only a part time GP surgery, with one doctor and one nurse.. only three shops and only one sells mags, booze and that.. when it snows you get completely cut off, however miss a lot of school due to it... I think it depends where said village is - because I live in Aberdeenshire, the whole flipping area is villages, mountains and beaches so it's the norm for everyone! I do miss it when I'm at uni!

If you lived with my family then i think you would be yearning to live in a city, to me a job comes with peace rather than stress with living with them, that brings me nicely onto another point of why move where family is and why is extended family like parents and grandparents important to be close by ? they drag you down.
If people make money in villages then why isnt Alan Sugar holed up in a little welsh village rather than London

But for arguements sake lets say your friend lives in a different village 13 miles away and you have to rely on a bus to go and see them, thats another disadvantage as it just completely closes social networks. All of that you described as advantages can be done where i am and if not a short drive is all that is required to do it in the peak district, lovely part of the uk. All of this and the niceness of things to do and fun to be had

The family-related issue:

Ok, so one of the main reasons why you dislike the village you live in right now isn't the village itself but rather the fact that you live with your family.
I don't know your circumstances but getting a job or going to the university should help you leave that place.

The extended-family issue:

That's interesting, I took part in a debate on whichever is the better familial model, the extended family or the nuclear family (doesn't relate with nuclear energy, don't worry) and many sociologists are concerned with this.
Personally, I believe any family can decide on its' own which option fits better.

"The Alan Sugar" issue:

He was in London and probably his relations were important in making the decision to stay in London.
I don't want to suppose that he also has a house in the countryside and loves going there when he affords.
My point is that there are also other rich, better or less-known people who live in the countryside and I could come with many examples.
Alan Sugar isn't rich due to the fact he lives in London!

I've lived in a village all my life and love it, advantages being that there were only 14 people in my class, all my teachers lived within ten mins drive of the school, all the school staff are family friends.. Freedom, peace and quiet - we can go to the beach in the summer at nighttime and be the only people there, it's a three mile stretch so lovely. Can walk through the fields in summer to my friend's horses/sheep.. It sounds ridic. but we used to go raspberry picking too!.. We're only 30 miles north of the nearest city, and ten miles south from the nearest town - however most people I know only go through once a month or so .. Everyone knows everyone and there's always somebody there when you need them .. Can leave your back door unlocked too ! Disadvantages - a poor bus service, everyone knows your business, there's only a part time GP surgery, with one doctor and one nurse.. only three shops and only one sells mags, booze and that.. when it snows you get completely cut off, however miss a lot of school due to it... I think it depends where said village is - because I live in Aberdeenshire, the whole flipping area is villages, mountains and beaches so it's the norm for everyone! I do miss it when I'm at uni!

So just as you could drive out to the Peak District, us village folk can hop in our cars and go and see our mates. The whole 'isolation' from friends argument really doesn't apply these days, as I suspect most people can either drive themselves or have somebody who's prepared to give them a lift.

Currently in a large town and i have heard one siren. went to sheffield and i probably heard about four. I think people can be misguided. To me what you just described is absolute hell. I find myself far too busy to grow my own food. I enjoy just popping to the supermarket because i can pick up some bargains, its warm and i occassionally meet people i know. Amenities is something a city will always have over a village
I still cant understand why anyone would choose this life unless its the only one they know

Accept it and move on. All you're doing is insulting those who choose a different way of life than your own

Before you jump on the defensive you have said that people who live in a village are "out of the loop with current affairs". TVs and cars aren't only for city folk you know.

Villages aren't as wholesome as you think, there can be a lot of racism, homophobia and mistreatment of young people in some esp if the majority of the population are old and conservative.
Literally everyone in mine is either a farmer or a chav. I guarantee you will be bored stiff within a month if you lived in one.
It can also be really expensive, having to pay a lot of money to get a train or bus to go anywhere.

why would i want to crunch leaves when i could just go clubbing

I don't know about that but if I compare a big city (Birmingham, London , Leeds, Sheffield etc.) it definitely has more of that behaviour than a village has.
"Old and conservative" isn't the same with "bad"
People who decide that living out of a city is for them, surely aren't looking for lots of pubs and organized concerts so I wouldn't be bored.. doubledot's post appealed me..we had enough drum and bass and even if I want to go to cities..I can make the money for traveling while i'm in the countryside, but I can't make the clean air, forest or raw milk in my apartment.

Currently in a large town and i have heard one siren. went to sheffield and i probably heard about four. I think people can be misguided. To me what you just described is absolute hell. I find myself far too busy to grow my own food. I enjoy just popping to the supermarket because i can pick up some bargains, its warm and i occassionally meet people i know. Amenities is something a city will always have over a village
I still cant understand why anyone would choose this life unless its the only one they know

I don't know about that but if I compare a big city (Birmingham, London , Leeds, Sheffield etc.) it definitely has more of that behaviour than a village has.
"Old and conservative" isn't the same with "bad"
People who decide that living out of a city is for them, surely aren't looking for lots of pubs and organized concerts so I wouldn't be bored.. doubledot's post appealed me..we had enough drum and bass and even if I want to go to cities..I can make the money for traveling while i'm in the countryside, but I can't make the clean air, forest or raw milk in my apartment.

I am just interested though as i want to know why people want to live this way, it genuinly interests me as i think its a bizzare thing to do. Lets face it your average typical villager isn't up to date with current affairs, and god forbid it if it snows and the roads shut. It really annoyed me when i heard about complaints about being isolated, the people chose that lifestyle so whatever it throws at them they should deal with it, if anything they should be thankful that way they can be more anti social

I lived smack dab in Manchester city and not an hour would go by without hearing a siren or drunkards fighting and shouting. It wasn't even like I was living in a shifty part of the city, because I was in Deansgate. So I can definitely say it's not the 'only one I know'. That entire lack of understanding begins to border on arrogant presumption rather than slightly more forgivable ignorance. And, logically, there would be more disruptive noise in a city than in the countryside because of the high density population/construction noise/traffic/social life etc.

And okay, to you it may sound like absolute hell. To me, it doesn't. Hence why I said before that people are different and they're going to like living in different places. Where people would rather live doesn't really affect you and so you shouldn't really be overly concerned or criticizing of it.

Accept that not everyone wants to go clubbing and live in a city. Its not hard to understand. You say you're just interested yet you've slagged off everything about villages because you dont like it and assume everyone else thinks that way.

And ffs you tool, of course people in villages are up to date with current affairs.