Your ideal town population

[Simfan34]

Millions.

[Dave from Michigan]

are we talking metro area? I live in a city of under 10,000 but we are part of the Detroit suburbs of like 4.5 million. I think I would prefer a metro area around at least 1 million people, but I have never lived anywhere else. I don't think I would like really large metro areas like NYC or Los angeles.

[All Along The Watchtower]

The population of the town or city (however defined) isn't really that important. What matters is that there is a real neighbourhood or community of some kind.

I take it you're not a fan of suburbs. (Are there "suburbs" like in America in the UK?)

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I take it you're not a fan of suburbs.

Depends on the suburb. I could live quite happily in (for example) Quinton.

Actually, I sometimes joke that I live in 'the burbs' where I am, although it isn't actually any kind of suburb.

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There are things that are somewhat comparable, but only just. The Attlee government's planning regulations prevented the same kind of detached sprawlburbia.

[Torie]

I like BIG cities.

Then you live in the wrong place.

Correct, and I have a plan to remedy that. I always have plans BRTD.  And most of them get implemented. I am a goal oriented guy.  Hey, I benched 150 pounds on Saturday, a new record for this particular old man.

[dead0man]

It really doesn't matter as long as I have access to "big city" within a reasonable drive (45min or so).  I love Omaha, but it lacks many aspects of "big city" that I expect in my "big city".

[Edu]

I love living in a metro area of about 13.000.000 people and in a city that has 3.000.000 and i guess I would be bored with anything less than 1.000.000

However, I could live in Taormina and Inverness with no problems