Where & How do you live? City, Town or Country?

Where do all the Hippes live today? Do you live in a field, a town, in the heart of a bustling city? Do you live in a commune, in a field, a van, a house, or flat? Do you flatshare with someone, or live on your own? Do you live with like-minded individuals, or not? How do you make that work for you?

And a question to any Urban Hippies: How do you manage living in a town / city? Do you live as green as you can? Do you create your own little corner of Utopia in your house, or even in your bedroom?

I imagine there will be many varied and interesting answers! (I hope!).

 

Most of the members on this site, myself included, are not real hippies.

I currently live in a small motel room where I have been stuck for a couple of years.

 

I don't know what a real hippie is.I certainly sympathise with the hippie ethos,my parents were hippies,and I don't really know what that makes me.Anyway I live in London UK,and just try and do my own thing.I would ideally like to live in a commune.I have lived in a therapeutic community for four years,during the mid to late nineties.In fact I left the community in 2000.It's something I've wanted to write about,but haven't as yet found the right opportunity.

 

moutain town,middle class family,we live quite green we recycle in the summer we grow our own food,...anyway life here is pretty good

 

Rural acreage. We used to live on an island where half the population were (real) hippies. It was kind of groovy, but the wife couldn't stand it. So now we are surrounded by rednecks. Aargh! But we'll be growing our own fruit and veggies, and we found an organic CSA where we get veggies that we don't grow. We have plans to add a solar hot water system.

 

I live in the woods...

 

i wish in a commune...

 

I live on the largest of the ''thousand islands'' Ontario Canada........on a tiny farm....I grow some food and I have a dozen hens and a rooster,2 cats...and a teenager


its beautiful here once you get used to having your life revolve around the ferry schedule

 

I live in a rural area a couple of miles outside of a small town/suburb of a medium size city. I live with my little family. We have a garden and recycle/compost. I really want to get chickens and a dairy cow one day but we rent so its not really a possibility right now.

 

It sounds like you make the best of what you have. Personally I live urban in a small town. The council is pretty good for recycling most things, but not all. I have a nice front and back garden, we grow some of our own food, when the local wildlife don't help themselves to it first!

Maybe I should have worded it as the question is open to everyone on this site!

To live in a motel room for a couple of years sounds pretty unusual! I wouldn't have thought they'd let you stay that long, though I guess as long as you're paying, they might not mind that much!

Fairlight - You should write about your experiences, I am sure many people would love to read about it. Me included! :sunny:

ROLLINGALONG - Your home life sounds pretty peaceful and idyllic... until you mention the teenager! LOL! Must be strange living around a ferry schedule, but I guess you would get used to it.

Meliai - I can't imagine landlords being too keen on having a dairy cow and chickens in the back garden, but it would be amusing - especially if you said they are just family pets!