I live in a suburb of a ‘small town city.’ This, in reality, is a city created from a small town and happened when the population reached a particular number of citizens.

This method of ‘planning’ a city has its benefits, not the least being that there are no high rise buildings in my city. Consequently there are also no traffic jams, and public transport is easily accessible and very well used. People walk, ride bicycles, catch the bus or the train, or drive to work The scooter is making a comeback here because neighbourhoods are smaller and distances shorter to travel, plus the cost of petrol is diabolical.

My own particular neighbourhood still retains the look and feel of a suburb, in essence because that is what it still is. Whilst I live on a highway, no my dear ‘foreign’ readers not a freeway or expressway, it is a two lane highway and will be for quite some time still to come. The City Council provide a green waste pick up and a recycling pick up once a month, I can access mulch for my verge, we recycle all household items such as bottles and cans into a special bin, householders are allowed to have chickens in certain areas, and of course there are the usual cats and dogs. For me personally, a neighbourhood is not a neighbourhood without the character and personality of it’s resident pets.

I love my ‘small town city,’ I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else.

Tracey
Armadale
Weatern Australia