A Brandnew Combine Harvester

Life in the City vs. Life in the country – a survey based on the last 24 hrs:

Interaction with people in the street:
Cardiff – Man and woman, holding hands, belching at each other
Country – Smiling man talking to smiling dog
Cardiff – Woman in clothes 2 sizes too small, white leather boots, spitting in the street
Country – Smiling old ladies saying ‘Good Afternoon’, or ‘Hello’ for no reason

Traffic:
Cardiff – Man parks saab too close to my car, smashes door open into mine because he’s a crap parker
Country – I walk from Yate to Chipping Sodbury, and continue to walk through town then back to the house to enjoy the car and pollution free journey.

Strangers’ Demeanor:
Cardiff – Hard-done-by, chip-on the shoulder, grumpy but hard face.
Country – Smiling faces with skin weathered by the cold.

Conversation:
Cardiff – Moody, guarded and always ready to assume you’re doing something wrong.
Country – Varied, sparkling with ocassional wit.

Okay, so I know I’m being a bit hard on Cardiff. I know every Welshman isn’t like that (I wished farewell to a retiring one today who isn’t at all like that), but this is a fair comparision of my own personal experiences in the last 24hrs.