Let's talk about Country Living

Lived before in a little patch about 2 miles away. Level yard, bigger house, better internet.

After my mother passed away, moved into her old house on a hillside, crappy internet, smaller house, but more livable space.

Surrounded by neighbors before...hated it...you didn't step out in your yard without everyone knowing. Neighbors here are farther apart, and never go outside much. I am rural, but not with the main road running by just out front, a small grocery store only about 2 miles away, and a mini mart across the street for when I run out of milk...walmart is around 4 miles up the other way, the kids school only 2 minutes away.



SO has a trailer about 2 minutes away up over the hill on a dirt road in the middle of the woods...I store most of my scrap there and that's probably were we will end up when we retire. Right now it's a mix of convenience and privacy that won out...that and when you get 2ft of snow living along the main road has it's perks...like plow trucks and no week long power outages.