Let's talk about Country Living

Interesting thread. I can't think of anything good about city living as I was born under a tree (literally) while Harry Truman was president. Born into a farm family, we had an outhouse (optional), a battery operated radio and milked cows by hand, fed hogs and cattle and raised chickens along with all the various farm products. Our roads were impassible during snow storms but we had the only 4WD vehicle in the community and most neighbors never even had a pickup truck. Those remarks are immaterial to the purpose of this thread but it gives you an idea of what impressed me to dislike city living. I thought those things were normal and I enjoyed the freedom of chasing fish in the river, driving down country lanes at 14 years old, the solitude of quietness and the pets that ran free.



I still live in the same house and it's almost the same except we now have more recreational traffic on our roads. I actually have to look both ways now when leaving my lane as there's a chance of a vehicle on "MY" road.
I lived in the 'city' during college days and parked my old 49 Chev on the street for a couple weeks and got ticketed for a nusiance vehicle. I ran it out of gas one day and left it overnite on a residential street as I attended college the next day. After school I went back to get it and some old lady was furious that it was sitting on the street in front of her house. I vowed to never be a city dweller again..!!

The bad of rural living that you might experience: If you're in the climate for snowbound roads, it may take days to get opened up. If you're not on city water and sewer, it could be expensive and irritating for you. Trash removal may or may not be any different for you. We're 10 miles from our town of less than 200 people. Walmart is 70 miles away, but we actually have a hospital and a Dr. here. Sometimes we can't find the groceries we want in town but they can have them in a couple days. Scrapping iron is a plus for me as it takes me to a town of 3,000 nearly every day. If you need a nightlife, forget it unless you want to travel. It's basically what type of person you are, sledge, and it sounds like you would fit in quite well and your wife is in agreement. I wish I had a neighbor like you.....my good neighbors all died. I need someone to shut in my chickens at night when I can't be here.

Go for it while you're young!!!