OT:how many of you love living in a small rural town?

yiterp

yiterp

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just wondering--i live in a small rural town about 12 miles east of casa grande,az. and this morning as i was setting on my front porch i thought how wonderful it is to live out in the boonies--lol i was watching the hawks fly overhead looking for game,the cottontails and jackrabbits running around,the little field mice playing their little games with each other ,the quail and morning doves doing their morning thing and the beautiful sunrise that was starting before be and i realized how lucky i am to see this each day.i know many never see this and just had to say how beautiful a southwestern :eek: :) :eek: morning can be
 
I miss the countryside. I miss being closer to nature. I lived in Mesa, AZ for a while, and I remember those beautiful Southwestern Skies. All in all though, I like living in a larger city. In an odd sort of way, I feel like I have more privacy in a large city. I grew up in small towns in Tennessee, and it seemed like everyone always loved everyone else's business. In Atlanta, no-one has time.

I do miss the quiet countryside, and waking up and occasionally seeing deer in a field.
 
know what you mean about everyone knowing everyones business but i like it,neighbors know our cars and who should be around our place and who should not--never have to worry about something being stolen--someone is always looking--and everyone that walks by or rides by says hi or waves--nice always seeing a smiling face :eek: :) :eek:
 
I live in a 4 season rural area, so it's nice to have an occasional snow storm, hot days where ya run down to the river and jump in, or go Tubin', I get to see the fall colors, lot's of critters to watch.

It's nice to be able to have a bonfire in your yard, hang out in my creek, go shootin' out back, or wanderin' the trails.

Do I love it, ya bet I do, I'm still a half hour to 45 minutes from everything, but I can hit the ocean in a little over an hour, The City, little over an hour away, Appalachian Trail just 30 minutes away.

I go to the town where I grew up, Jersey, exit 11 and I lose my mind, I can't wait to get back home.

When I first came out here I used to think everyone moved so friggin' slow, it wasn't them it was me, rushin' everywhere, to do everything.

I've sinced slowed down and am enjoying the boonies.

So for all you people who think ya might like the country, take it from me ya won't, wild animals, bugs :barf: , bears oh my, no sidewalks, no streetlights, everything closes around 6PM ;) , did I mention the bugs and bears :eek: ?

The power always goes out sometimes we go days without cable, and power, hell my cell phone don't even work here.

So to recap I love it in the boonies but if your lookin' to move here ya probably won't like it, oh by the way did I mention the bears and the bugs :eek: ?
 
Used to live in a small town in Central Utah, called Spring City. Population is about 750. Great place to live.. little off the beaten path though. Never worried about using my blades out side. Wonderfull sun rises and sun sets. going to sleep in the sping and fall listening to the stream out front.... Chicken, ducks and a goose in the yard wandering around free most of the time. Excitement comes from when the neighbors horses or sheep got loose. LOL. 5 to 10 minutes and you would be in the national forest. Hiking, camping or shooting. Wandering around with a 20" knife strapped to your leg and most anyone didn't care. Gun racks in the truck windows. People drove Four Whellers threw town. Great stuff! I miss that place. My mom is lucky, she still lives there.

Heber
 
T. Erdelyi said:
So for all you people who think ya might like the country, take it from me ya won't, wild animals, bugs :barf: , bears oh my, no sidewalks, no streetlights, everything closes around 6PM ;) , did I mention the bugs and bears :eek: ?

The power always goes out sometimes we go days without cable, and power, hell my cell phone don't even work here.

So to recap I love it in the boonies but if your lookin' to move here ya probably won't like it, oh by the way did I mention the bears and the bugs :eek: ?
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Sounds like you need some Chickens, ducks and a goose or two.. We never had a bug problem and the stray dogs stayed away do to the birds. :D

Heber
 
<<sigh>> I really do wish i lived out in the boonies again. Right now I live on the busy side of a city with 120,000+ people. Not huge, but not exactly sprawling forests either. Actually I grew up in a heavily wooded rual neighborhood about 10 miles outside of this town. Most of the homes in the "subdivisions" had at least 2 acres of property with most of it being woods or field. Most had at least 5 to 10. The woods surrounding the area belonged to someone in the area, but those of us young enough to invision monsters, and bears, and dragons, and bandits claimed them as our own. A long and winding path led you from the mouth of the woods all the way back to creek where all kinds of critters could be caught and all manner of clothing and "good shoes" could be caked with mud.
Beyond the creek there were fields that farmers used to farm. Now they just sat waiting for the deer to graze or for young boys to stage mock battles or make up some nameless game with rules as brutal and complex and hard to pronounce as rugby.
Beyond the fields were houses of people whose families had lived in this area for generations. They never learned your name, but just being "boy from up the road" was enough for an invite for some hot chocolate from a styrofoam cup on a chilly Novemeber afternoon.
Then at the end of the day as the sun started to slip down behind the silo we would take a few more minutes to chase a few more frogs through the creek as the mockingly let out an "eeep" and plunged into the chilly water out of sight to some underground home off the bank.
Then it was on to our warm ranch style homes for dinner, a shower, and a sleep before doing all over again the next day.
A lot of my boyhood neighborhood has changed. Plots that were once wooded are now cleared subdivisions with no trees. The field we used to cut through now has 8 houses built on it. The silo that we used as a sundial was finally torn down. Probably an eyesore to the people wanting to live "rustic" in their $300,000 homes. I only moved away from there 8 years ago. Sometimes you really can't go back home.
Thanks for the thread, Yiterp. I thought about stuff that I hadn't thought about in years. Very warm feeling, indeed:)

Jake
 
I have lived in many different environments in New England, Oklahoma, Florida, New York, Oregon, Washington, California, and Colorado. I have lived on the coast, in the mountains, in the desert, in the forest, in the swamps, and in the city.

Every place had it's own flavor and charm, and I loved it while I was living there. I liked living in a storefront in San Francisco as much as I did living in a homestead shack in the cotton fields of Oklahoma.

But, every place I have lived, no matter how much I liked it, when it came time to leave for whatever reason, I never looked back nor wanted to live there again. Except one place. And that's the Washington coast where I am building the place where I plan to spend my last days.

However, my daughter, the cliff diving anthropologist, just married a guy in the Honduras Bay Islands. Even though it's one of the poorest places in the world, I hear it's paradise. Next year we're going down there, visit them, and meet the family. Might decide to spend some time.
 
Next traffic light to the south of us is in Indian Springs outside Vegas, some 300+ milles. Next to the north of us is Fallon, 72 miles. Hawthorne is easy to find. From the east gate of Yosemite, go northeast 70 miles as the crow flies. to the bottom of Walker Lake.
 
Rusty said:
Next traffic light to the south of us is in Indian Springs outside Vegas, some 300+ milles. Next to the north of us is Fallon, 72 miles. Hawthorne is easy to find. From the east gate of Yosemite, go northeast 70 miles as the crow flies. to the bottom of Walker Lake.
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Rusty you really do live in god country I've spent may happy hours wondering around in the Walker Lake area :D :D
 
I do. Unfortunately, right now I am spending most of my time (except some weekends) in Hamburg. At about 4 million people living around here, it doesn't have much rural things left :(
 
I live a few miles south of Marion, IL, which has a population of around 16,000. In my area of the state there's a lot of wooded areas, including wildlife refuges. This year I'm hoping to find time to do some hiking and camping. Gotta love rural living. :)

Bob
 
small city of 8000 inhabitants with lots of trees and smaller mountains (up to 1100 meters) around - khuk-terrain :)

Andreas
 
Grew up on a farm 12 miles outside of Froid, MT. Then moved to the city life. Spent 20 years living all over the world everywhere from LA and Phoenix to my absolute favorite place in the entire world.....Niedersohren, Germany. If I could move anywhere I wanted I'd go back to that wonderful place. Walking all over the German countryside was the most peaceful time of my life.

But I do love the beautiful metro of Phoenix and for all the big cities I've lived in or been to, This one is the best.
 
wildmanh said:
Sounds like you need some Chickens, ducks and a goose or two.. We never had a bug problem and the stray dogs stayed away do to the birds. :D

Heber
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Ixnay on the icken che, bugs is what keeps the evil land developing city slickers from commin' to da boonies.

BTW, how far from civilization do ya have ta be before it's considered the boonies?
 
SHHHH!

If y'all let them city fellers know how good it is out in the country away from them 10,000 people per square inch concrete conurbanies they live in, they'll all come out here and then we'll have to put up with them complainin that cow dung smells & should be banned, and dogs should wear diapers & be licensed, and people should not have guns or knives as they might hurt themselve, and definitely we shouldn't shoot bambi or fluffy the rabbit.
 
I live in a small town of about 50 folks. There's a single dirt road coming through it and ending near my house.
But I'm tired of it. The folks do their best to tear into each other. It's always a struggle between light and dark wherever you go. But if we had the money to move to a town of 5 or 10 thousand, we would now. The kids could have more social opportunity, and sports and theatre.

But I don't kid myself about people. There's too many that want to bring you down. They fight over nothing. Their egos are involved in stuff they have no business examining. And I hate to say this, because the Salt of the Earth is everywhere, but there is something to the stereotype of just plain ignorance out in the sticks. But people are people wherever you go.

Still, there's no question I must live in the Mountainess West somewhere, and not in a big city. I'll never go back to California. And I wont move to Or. or WA.

No blue states for me, nor blue counties.

munk
 
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