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/^t/Usually people's preferences concerning their living area focus either on town or on village. When asked about their whereabouts, people more often answer that they live in town rather than suburbs, because they regard being a city-dweller as something superior to being a 'peasant'. Of course living in the village, one usually is not a peasant any more; more and more people from villages commute to their work and very few of them actually posses a piece of land. But people are prone to regard city as generally more 'cultivated' and 'cultural' place for living. That is why living in the suburbs has only advantages. On one hand you are a city-dweller, and on the other you can enjoy the peaceful atmosphere that is typical for villages.