I live in Montreal, Canada's second largest city of 3.8 million, but I only have been living here for five years now. I was born and raised in the mountains and woods of northeastern Pennsylvania, so I still have a huge sense of being with nature. It's a bit damn hard seeing just concrete, bricks, stones, and asphalt with a tree or plant here and there daily. The city has a very visible undeveloped mountain in the middle of it called Mont-Royal (Montreal is named after it, meaning "Royal Mountain") and the whole city is on an island in the middle of an huge river with plenty of natural recreation activities. But that's not the same. That means, it's a must that I get off this island once every while and see the pure greenness of the countryside (if my finances allow it). The best side of living in the city is that I have more mobility. I hate being at home all day and beyond that is hard to tolerate, so I got to be out doing at least *something*. I don't have a car, so out in the countryside you're pretty much stuck in a small area. The metro makes me happy by moving me around. I can drive however... Just too poor to have a car for now.