LIving in the boonies

[jbsoonerfan]

1 minute ago, Koz said:

 

On a big lake no less. After work I sometimes go out back to our docks and fish. Actually, there are two. Mine is the one that is NOT The Ritz Carlton.

If I go somewhere and there is a hotel, I am in "the city". LOL

[deaknh03]

22 hours ago, Deephaven said:

One of my offices is there.

 

As for rural, my wife grew up in a town of 219.  She is related to more than 100 of them.

Umm...

[Bankbeater]

I grew up in the city.  My grandma lived down in Arkansas in a very rural area.  When we would go down to visit I wouldn't be able to sleep for a couple of nights.  It took me a few days to get use to the quiet. 

[12poundbass]

1 hour ago, Bankbeater said:

I grew up in the city.  My grandma lived down in Arkansas in a very rural area.  When we would go down to visit I wouldn't be able to sleep for a couple of nights.  It took me a few days to get use to the quiet. 

Things are so quiet here, my ears ring constantly. 

[Bird]

Rural living is all I know, once a small farming town of less than 500 has ballooned to 1500 mainly from city folks heading west to retire but we are still without a single traffic light.

 

Wife has family living in Cincinnati and they know how uneasy I become dealing with congestion, traffic, sirens and 1 hr to go a mile, plus people look at me funny when I wave. Lol 

The only way they can coax me into visiting is by purchasing Reds tickets. 

 

Give me the mountains or some lake frontage or both.

[N Florida Mike]

When I was a kid , we lived right on the edge of suburb and country. Everything to the south was country. Everything to the north was suburb, then city. There are 4 times more people here now than when I was a kid, and they are still coming . The suburbs have gone 15 miles south of me now. The growth here in NE Florida is insane.

I would much rather live way out in the country but probably never will.

My moms little home town in NC went from 250 to 750 in her whole lifetime. Wouldnt mind living in that area... Just like mayberry ?.

[Koz]

5 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

When I was a kid , we lived right on the edge of suburb and country. Everything to the south was country. Everything to the north was suburb, then city. There are 4 times more people here now than when I was a kid, and they are still coming . The suburbs have gone 15 miles south of me now. The growth here in NE Florida is insane.

I would much rather live way out in the country but probably never will.

My moms little home town in NC went from 250 to 750 in her whole lifetime. Wouldnt mind living in that area... Just like mayberry ?.

It wasn't like Mayberry for me today. I was in a neighboring town going to drive by and look at a house that I saw for rent. Three guys were blocking the road and I got the death stare from them. I stopped, and then they started moving in on my car.

 

Needless to say, I hung a quick turn and high tailed it out of there.

[TnRiver46]

1 hour ago, Koz said:

It wasn't like Mayberry for me today. I was in a neighboring town going to drive by and look at a house that I saw for rent. Three guys were blocking the road and I got the death stare from them. I stopped, and then they started moving in on my car.

 

Needless to say, I hung a quick turn and high tailed it out of there.

Don’t rent that one!!!

[Herbert Lorenzo]

On 2/25/2021 at 12:52 PM, gimruis said:

 

I didn't mean to paint every property out in the country as being dumps in my previous post.  I have seen many nice homes and properties maintained in a rural area too.

I think people living way out in the country leave their properties looking as they want ,because they mistakenly think most people would mind their own business instead of theirs .

[soflabasser]

On 2/25/2021 at 9:21 AM, gimruis said:

Country properties seem to always have junk sitting around like old cars, trailers, etc.  Its like when something dies, they just park it there forever. 

I have noticed the same thing when I drive in rural areas. Have also seen some beautiful well kept houses in rural areas as well. 

[Koz]

1 hour ago, soflabasser said:

I have noticed the same thing when I drive in rural areas. Have also seen some beautiful well kept houses in rural areas as well. 

 

There are some beautiful new and restored farmhouse out here. But the on next plot over there could be a broken down home.

[A-Jay]

 

To each his own I suppose.

Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.

Sure - there's everything one could want right there - and quite a bit more perhaps. 

 

Very few roads and quite a bit less up here.

A-Jay

[Way north bass guy]

1 hour ago, A-Jay said:

 

To each his own I suppose.

Beauty is always in the eye of the beholder.

Sure - there's everything one could want right there - and quite a bit more perhaps. 

 

Very few roads and quite a bit less up here.

A-Jay

I’ll take the bottom one any day!

I’ve lived my entire life in the bush. Closest town is about 6500 people, and the closest city is over an hour away. We’re about 2-1/2 hours north of Toronto. 
Even before all this Covid crap, I couldn’t stand going to any city for more than a day, and even then it’s like pulling teeth to get me there. In the last year, I haven’t been anywhere near anything close to the size of a city, and that’s just fine with me. 

[throttleplate]

2 hours ago, Way north bass guy said:

I’ll take the bottom one any day!

I’ve lived my entire life in the bush. Closest town is about 6500 people, and the closest city is over an hour away. We’re about 2-1/2 hours north of Toronto. 
Even before all this Covid crap, I couldn’t stand going to any city for more than a day, and even then it’s like pulling teeth to get me there. In the last year, I haven’t been anywhere near anything close to the size of a city, and that’s just fine with me. 

When wife and i lived in the philippines we lived in the city.This is a pic of my wifes brother carrying our luggage to her parents bamboo home which sits in the middle of rice fields.