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Howard
When I was young I lived in a town so I cannot comment, but I spent my teenage years and early in quiet countryside villages and it was absolutely fucking awful. The countryside is a terrible place to be a teenager. Nothing to do, no friends or ones you would never choose if you had a choice. Nowhere to go because transport sucks, no girlfriends, no jobs, no social life (unless you want to join the young farmers.)
Having parents who having dragged us out there then didn't pay for driving lessons, or put us on their car insurance, and who "weren't a bloody taxi service" didn't help either.
The day I escaped and went to university was the best day ever.