Where do you feel more productive: living in a big city or in a small village?
Big cities definitely have some advantages; however, if you need to travel more often, you are exhausted because you have to lose a few hours in the traffic jams every single day. For comparison, small villages provide you with everything in one place: there's a grocery store, a bank and other public services available all in the downtown.
That's why I often think that moving in a smaller town or a village would drastically increase my productivity. I would say goodbye to:
- any type of time wasting events
- senseless meetings
- wasting time in traffic jams
- summer city heat that often prevents me from doing almost anything
- breathing dirty air
- driving a car more often (if we accept that I can use a bike to move around)
Eventually, everything we have in a big city we could also find in a small village or town as well. Moreover, we enjoy advantages that we can't find in a city.
We have:
- access to public services
- banks
- grocery stores
- even friendlier neighbors
- clean air
- less noise
- better playing environment for the kids (and for us)
- less stress
I'm sure nobody will underestimate the less stressful environment of a smaller habitat.
That's the main reason for our productivity increase.
Unfortunately some of us are still employed by big corporations and it's often easier to live close to the corporate office. The city suburbs are often less polluted and friendlier places to live in, however the distances and the morning stress caused by driving and being in a hurry could literally kill all the advantages of living in a city suburb even though the neighborhood is good.
I think a nice combination could be life in a city suburb and being self-employed and do not dependent on a salary.
My personal choice is a smaller town not far from a big city (like 15 to 50 miles away).
At the end of the post, I'd definitely draw your attentions to 2 of the most important blog posts I've ever written:
The Two Sides of the Coin - this one is a #payitforward post and was the first one I've featured on the Steemfluencer Club newsletter.
Collect the Gems You Can Hold Forever - this will give you an answer of what actually Steemit is.